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Alma Rubens (born Alma Genevieve Reubens; February 19, 1897 – January 21, 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.
Alma Rubens. Actress: The Rejected Woman. Alma Rubens was born Alma Genevieve Reubens in San Francisco, California. She was interested in entertaining at an early age. Like most young girls, she enjoyed fantasy play acting and by the time she was 19 had become a full-fledged star.
American actress of the silent period. Born in San Francisco, she studied and performed from her youth, and at the age of nineteen became a star. She appeared in a score of films within the next four years, then began to work on the theatrical stage as well, in musical comedy and drama.
Today, Alma Rubens is remembered not for her films or versatility as an actress, but for the demons that plagued her and ultimately ended her life. Born in San Francisco in 1897, Rubens appeared in nearly 60 films for the Triangle, Famous Players, Cosmopolitan, and Fox studios.
Jul 24, 2011 · A look at the sad story of film star Alma Rubens' battles with drug addiction. Alma Rubens wrote the story herself just weeks before her death in 1931.
Biography of Hollywood film actor Alma Rubens, a beautiful and dynamic actress during the silent era whose career was derailed by an ultimately fatal addiction to narcotics.
Alma Rubens, farmer brunette beauty of the silver screen, who reached the pinnacle of success in her life's work only to be toppled into despair because of narcotic addiction, died peacefully ...
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.
Alma Rubens was a silent screen star who became addicted to drugs and died young. She was born Alma Genevieve Reubens on February 19, 1897 in San Francisco, California. Her Jewish father, Albert Reubens, had immigrated from Germany.
A stunning blonde star of over 40 silent pictures, Alma Rubens died in 1931, age 34, from complications arising from an addiction to heroin. The actress, who had a musical-comedy background, made her first film in 1916 and became a screen regular soon after.
