Acting

Ferike Boros

Born August 1, 1873 · Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary [now Oradea, Romania]

Died January 16, 1951 · aged 77

Ferike Boros (3 August 1873 – 16 January 1951) was a Hungarian-born American stage and movie actress. Born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary, in 1873, Boros was on stage starting in 1893. She moved to London in 1903, two years later appearing at Covent Garden. In Hungary, she performed in the National Court Theatre (NCT) in Budapest. In 1909, while still with the NCT, she visited the United States an…

Known For

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town · 1942

The Talk of the Town

MovieComedyDrama

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

Little Caesar

Little Caesar · 1931

MovieDramaCrime

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Christmas in July

Christmas in July · 1940

Christmas in July

MovieComedyRomance

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

MovieDramaRomance

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · 1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother · 1939

Bachelor Mother

MovieComedyRomance

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

Love Affair

Love Affair · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

Born Reckless

Born Reckless · 1930

MovieCrimeComedy

In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.

Filmography

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The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town · 1942

The Talk of the Town

MovieComedyDrama

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

Mrs. Pulaski (uncredited)

Little Caesar

Little Caesar · 1931

MovieDramaCrime

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Mrs. Passa (uncredited)

Christmas in July

Christmas in July · 1940

Christmas in July

MovieComedyRomance

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Mrs. Schwartz

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

MovieDramaRomance

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Mrs. Sarah Rubens (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · 1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

Grandmother (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother · 1939

Bachelor Mother

MovieComedyRomance

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

Mrs. Weiss

Love Affair

Love Affair · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

Terry's Landlady (uncredited)

Born Reckless

Born Reckless · 1930

MovieCrimeComedy

In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.

Ma Beretti

Fifth Avenue Girl

Fifth Avenue Girl · 1939

Fifth Avenue Girl

MovieComedyRomance

A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

Olga

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Once Upon a Honeymoon · 1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon

MovieComedyRomance

A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.

Elsa

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side · 1949

East Side, West Side

MovieDramaRomance

A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

Rosa's Grandma Senta (uncredited)

Svengali

Svengali · 1931

MovieDramaHorror

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

Marta (uncredited)

Rio

MovieCrimeRomance

Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.

Maria (as Ferika Boras)

Specter of the Rose

Specter of the Rose · 1946

Specter of the Rose

MovieDramaThriller

Ballet dancer Sanine may have murdered his first wife. A detective thinks so, and he's not the only one.

Mamochka

Dust Be My Destiny

Dust Be My Destiny · 1939

Dust Be My Destiny

MovieCrimeDrama

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

Delicatessen Proprietress

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell · 1940

Lillian Russell

MovieDramaMusic

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Mrs. Rose

The Fountain

The Fountain · 1934

MovieDramaRomance

Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to German officer Rupert Von Narwitz, his childhood sweetheart Julie. Long discussions between Julie and Allison, centering on family conflicts that kept them apart, take place before the severely wounded Von Narwitz returns to the castle and more long discussions ensue.

Nurse

Princess O'Rourke

Princess O'Rourke · 1943

Princess O'Rourke

MovieComedyRomance

A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

Mrs. Anna Pulaski (uncredited)

The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed · 1939

The Light That Failed

A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

Madame Binat

Huddle

MovieDramaRomance

Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.

Mrs. Amatto

Rafter Romance

Rafter Romance · 1933

MovieComedyRomance

A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.

Rosie Eckbaum (uncredited)

Margin for Error

Margin for Error · 1943

Margin for Error

MovieDramaComedy

When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.

Mrs. Finkelstein

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper · 1942

Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.

Madame

Private Lives

Private Lives · 1931

MovieComedyRomance

Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arrive at a hotel on the same day and are put in rooms with adjoining terraces. Things go well until Amanda sees Elyot on the adjacent terrace.

Cook at Chalet (uncredited)