Alma Rubens

Dari Wikipedia Alma Rubens (February 19, 1897 – January 22, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer. Rubens memulai karirnya pada pertengahan tahun 1910-an. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Half Breed. For the remainder of the decade, she appeared in supporting roles in comedies and drama. Pada tahun 1920-an. Her first stage opportunity came when a chorus girl in a musical comedy theater troupe became ill. Rubens was chosen to take her place and joined the troupe as a regular performer. There she met Franklyn Farnum who was also a member. He later convinced Rubens to leave the troupe and try her hand at film acting. Her breakthrough performance was in 1916 in the movie Reggie Mixes In. Dia membuat enam film lagi di tahun yang sama. In 1917 she starred in The Firefly of Tough Luck, which was a big success. Dia mendapatkan ketenaran ketika dia menjadi pemeran utama wanita Douglas Fairbanks di The Half Breed (1916), dan mendukung Fairbanks dan Bessie Love dalam komedi kokain The Mystery of the Leaping Fish pada akhir tahun yang sama. Pada tahun 1918, Alma mengumumkan bahwa dia mengubah ejaan nama belakangnya Rueben menjadi "Rubens" karena menyebabkan terlalu banyak kebingungan di industri film dan publikasi. Dia kemudian mengatakan kepada majalah Photoplay, "Sebenarnya nama saya tidak sama [ejaannya] dengan nama pelukisnya. Entah itu Reubens atau Ruebens-saya lupa yang mana. Saya tidak pernah bisa mengejanya. Tidak ingat dari mana asal 'e'. Jadi saya biarkan saja Rubens." In 1920, she completed The World and His Wife, opposite Montague Love which further solidified her popularity. In 1924, she starred in The Price She Paid and Cytherea. Rubens developed a drug addiction which eventually ended her career. Dia meninggal karena pneumonia tak lama setelah ditangkap atas tuduhan narkotika pada bulan Januari 1931. Upacara pemakaman diadakan pada tanggal 24 Januari di Gereja Kecil Bunga di Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Jenazahnya kemudian dikirim ke Fresno di mana kebaktian kedua diadakan di Gereja Ilmu Pengetahuan Kristen pada tanggal 26 Januari. Dia dimakamkan di Pemakaman Armenia Ararat Massis di Fresno. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Alma Rubens has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6409 Hollywood Blvd.

From Wikipedia Alma Rubens (February 19, 1897 – January 22, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer. Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Half Breed. For the remainder of the decade, she appeared in supporting roles in comedies and drama. In the 1920s. Her first stage opportunity came when a chorus girl in a musical comedy theater troupe became ill. Rubens was chosen to take her place and joined the troupe as a regular performer. There she met Franklyn Farnum who was also a member. He later convinced Rubens to leave the troupe and try her hand at film acting. Her breakthrough performance was in 1916 in the movie Reggie Mixes In. She made six more films in that same year. In 1917 she starred in The Firefly of Tough Luck, which was a big success. She gained fame when she became Douglas Fairbanks's leading lady in The Half Breed (1916), and supported Fairbanks and Bessie Love in the cocaine comedy The Mystery of the Leaping Fish later that same year. In 1918, Alma announced that she was changing the spelling of her last name of Rueben to "Rubens" because it caused too much confusion in the movie industry and in publications. She later told Photoplay magazine, "As a matter of fact my name is not the same [spelling] as the painter's. It's either Reubens or Ruebens-I forget which. I never could spell it. Couldn't remember where the 'e' came. So I let it go Rubens." In 1920, she completed The World and His Wife, opposite Montague Love which further solidified her popularity. In 1924, she starred in The Price She Paid and Cytherea. Rubens developed a drug addiction which eventually ended her career. She died of pneumonia shortly after being arrested on narcotics charge in January 1931. A funeral service was held on January 24 at the Little Church of the Flowers at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Her body was then shipped to Fresno where a second service was held at the Christian Science Church on January 26. She was interred in Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery in Fresno. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Alma Rubens has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6409 Hollywood Blvd.