Gender
Female
Born
Jun 19, 1887
Died
Jun 06, 1974
New York, New York, USA
Director Performer Writer
Relations
Wife of
Ian Keith (1922 - 1928) divorced
Comments
Some sources say that she was born in Bohemia (modern day Czechoslovakia) and came to the United States (Minnesota) as an infant with her parents; other sources claim she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. No records exist that confirm either birthplace.
  • CREDITS
    Dinner at Eight (Sep 27, 1966 - Jan 14, 1967)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Mrs. Wendel - Original
    Jane Eyre (May 01, 1958 - Jun 14, 1958)
    Play, Original
    • Also Starring: Blanche Yurka
      • Mrs. Fairfax - Original
    Diary of a Scoundrel (Nov 04, 1956 - Nov 25, 1956)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Madame Sofia Tourousina - Original
    The Carefree Tree (Oct 11, 1955 - Oct 30, 1955)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • The Empress Dowager - Original
    Temper the Wind (Dec 27, 1946 - Jan 25, 1947)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Sophie von Gutzkow - Original
    Oedipus Rex (Dec 16, 1945 - Dec 1945)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    The Wind Is Ninety (Jun 21, 1945 - Sep 22, 1945)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Nana - Original
    The Barber Had Two Sons (Feb 01, 1943 - Feb 20, 1943)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • "Ma" - Original
    Gloriana (Nov 25, 1938 - Nov 1938)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Elizabeth of England - Original
    Spring in Autumn (Oct 24, 1933 - Nov 1933)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Madame Elena Alcara - Original
    • Written by Blanche Yurka
    The Comic Artist (Apr 19, 1933 - May 1933)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Eleanor Rolf - Original
    Lucrece (Dec 20, 1932 - Jan 1933)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • First Narrator - Original
    Carry Nation (Oct 29, 1932 - Nov 1932)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Blanche Yurka
    Troilus and Cressida (Jun 06, 1932 - Jun 13, 1932)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Helen - Original
    Electra (Jan 08, 1932 - Jan 1932)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Electra - Original
    The Vikings (May 12, 1930 - May 1930)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Blanche Yurka
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Hjordis - Original
    The Lady from the Sea (Mar 18, 1929 - Apr 1929)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Ellida - Original
    Hedda Gabler (Feb 02, 1929 - Feb 1929)
    Play, Revival
    • Directed by Blanche Yurka
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Hedda Tesman - Original
    The Wild Duck (Nov 19, 1928 - Jan 1929)
    Play, Revival
    • Directed by Blanche Yurka
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Gina - Original
    The Squall (Nov 11, 1926 - Nov 19, 1927)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Dolores Mendez - Original
    The Goat Song (Jan 25, 1926 - Mar 1926)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Mirko's Mother - Original
    The Sea Woman (Aug 24, 1925 - Sep 1925)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Molla Hansen - Original
    The Wild Duck (Feb 24, 1925 - May 1925)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Gina - Original
    Man and the Masses (Apr 14, 1924 - Jun 1924)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • The Woman - Original
    Hamlet (Nov 26, 1923 - Dec 1923)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Gertrude - Original
    Hamlet (Nov 16, 1922 - Feb 1923)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Gertrude - Original
    The Law Breaker (Feb 01, 1922 - Apr 1922)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Joan Fowler - Original
    The Wife With the Smile and Bourbouroche (Nov 28, 1921 - Dec 1921)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Mme. Beudet - Original
    Enter Madame (Aug 16, 1920 - Apr 1922)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    The Americans in France (Aug 03, 1920 - Aug 1920)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Henriette Charvet - Original
    Musk (Mar 13, 1920 - Mar 1920)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Elizabeth - Original
    Information Please (Oct 02, 1918 - Nov 1918)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Edith Bacon - Original
    Allegiance (Aug 01, 1918 - Sep 1918)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Elsa Hartmann - Original
    Daybreak (Aug 14, 1917 - Oct 1917)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    Our American Cousin (Nov 29, 1915 - Jan 1916)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Florence Trenchard - Original
    The Two Virtues (Oct 04, 1915 - Nov 1915)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    Three of Hearts (Jun 03, 1915 - Jun 1915)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    Secret Strings (Dec 28, 1914 - Jan 1915)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    The House of Bondage (Jan 19, 1914 - Jan 1914)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    An Old New Yorker (Apr 03, 1911 - Apr 16, 1911)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Original
    Is Matrimony a Failure? (Aug 24, 1909 - Jan 1910)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Blanche Yurka
      • Helen Hoyt - Original
Dinner at Eight (Sep 27, 1966 - Jan 14, 1967)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Mrs. Wendel - Original
Jane Eyre (May 01, 1958 - Jun 14, 1958)
Play, Original
  • Also Starring: Blanche Yurka
    • Mrs. Fairfax - Original
Diary of a Scoundrel (Nov 04, 1956 - Nov 25, 1956)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Madame Sofia Tourousina - Original
The Carefree Tree (Oct 11, 1955 - Oct 30, 1955)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • The Empress Dowager - Original
Temper the Wind (Dec 27, 1946 - Jan 25, 1947)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Sophie von Gutzkow - Original
Oedipus Rex (Dec 16, 1945 - Dec 1945)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
The Wind Is Ninety (Jun 21, 1945 - Sep 22, 1945)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Nana - Original
The Barber Had Two Sons (Feb 01, 1943 - Feb 20, 1943)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • "Ma" - Original
Gloriana (Nov 25, 1938 - Nov 1938)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Elizabeth of England - Original
Spring in Autumn (Oct 24, 1933 - Nov 1933)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Madame Elena Alcara - Original
  • Written by Blanche Yurka
The Comic Artist (Apr 19, 1933 - May 1933)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Eleanor Rolf - Original
Lucrece (Dec 20, 1932 - Jan 1933)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • First Narrator - Original
Carry Nation (Oct 29, 1932 - Nov 1932)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Blanche Yurka
Troilus and Cressida (Jun 06, 1932 - Jun 13, 1932)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Helen - Original
Electra (Jan 08, 1932 - Jan 1932)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Electra - Original
The Vikings (May 12, 1930 - May 1930)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Blanche Yurka
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Hjordis - Original
The Lady from the Sea (Mar 18, 1929 - Apr 1929)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Ellida - Original
Hedda Gabler (Feb 02, 1929 - Feb 1929)
Play, Revival
  • Directed by Blanche Yurka
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Hedda Tesman - Original
The Wild Duck (Nov 19, 1928 - Jan 1929)
Play, Revival
  • Directed by Blanche Yurka
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Gina - Original
The Squall (Nov 11, 1926 - Nov 19, 1927)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Dolores Mendez - Original
The Goat Song (Jan 25, 1926 - Mar 1926)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Mirko's Mother - Original
The Sea Woman (Aug 24, 1925 - Sep 1925)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Molla Hansen - Original
The Wild Duck (Feb 24, 1925 - May 1925)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Gina - Original
Man and the Masses (Apr 14, 1924 - Jun 1924)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • The Woman - Original
Hamlet (Nov 26, 1923 - Dec 1923)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Gertrude - Original
Hamlet (Nov 16, 1922 - Feb 1923)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Gertrude - Original
The Law Breaker (Feb 01, 1922 - Apr 1922)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Joan Fowler - Original
The Wife With the Smile and Bourbouroche (Nov 28, 1921 - Dec 1921)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Mme. Beudet - Original
Enter Madame (Aug 16, 1920 - Apr 1922)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
The Americans in France (Aug 03, 1920 - Aug 1920)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Henriette Charvet - Original
Musk (Mar 13, 1920 - Mar 1920)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Elizabeth - Original
Information Please (Oct 02, 1918 - Nov 1918)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Edith Bacon - Original
Allegiance (Aug 01, 1918 - Sep 1918)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Elsa Hartmann - Original
Daybreak (Aug 14, 1917 - Oct 1917)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
Our American Cousin (Nov 29, 1915 - Jan 1916)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Florence Trenchard - Original
The Two Virtues (Oct 04, 1915 - Nov 1915)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
Three of Hearts (Jun 03, 1915 - Jun 1915)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
Secret Strings (Dec 28, 1914 - Jan 1915)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
The House of Bondage (Jan 19, 1914 - Jan 1914)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
An Old New Yorker (Apr 03, 1911 - Apr 16, 1911)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Original
Is Matrimony a Failure? (Aug 24, 1909 - Jan 1910)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Blanche Yurka
    • Helen Hoyt - Original

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