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American actress
Mariska Aldrich
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Mariska_Aldrich_with_arms_akimbo%2C_1935.jpg/220px-Mariska_Aldrich_with_arms_akimbo%2C_1935.jpg) Mariska Aldrich, 1935
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Born
| Mariska Horvath
(
1881-03-27
)
March 27, 1881
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Died
| September 28, 1965
(1965-09-28)
(aged 84)
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Occupation
| Actress/Singer
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Years active
| 1908?1946
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Spouse
| James Franklin Aldrich
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Mariska Aldrich
(nee
Horvath
; March 27, 1881 ? September 28, 1965) was an American
dramatic soprano
singer and actress.
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Life
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She was born in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
.
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She was a pupil of
Alfred Giraudet
(1906?1909) and
George Henschel
.
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She married
J. Frank Aldrich
on April 18, 1901.
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She debuted at the
Manhattan Opera House
in 1908, as the Page in
Les Huguenots
.
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She sang with the Manhattan Opera House from 1909 to 1913.
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She was committed to the
Metropolitan Opera
in 1910?1911, where she performed the roles of Azucena in
Il trovatore
, Fricka in
Das Rheingold
, Lola in
Cavalleria Rusticana
, Naoia in
Frederick Converse
's
Iolan, Or, the Pipe of Desire
, and Venus in
Tannhauser
, Her voice changed from
contralto
to dramatic soprano while she was in Europe.
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She sang the part of
Brunnhilde
in
Bayreuth
in 1914.
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She appeared on Broadway in 1924 in
The Miracle
.
Mariska was the subject of a portrait titled Caprice, created by artist Henry Salem Hubbell in 1908. This painting was in New York's National Arts Club and was the most publicized submission to the 1908 Paris Salon. Caprice is currently in the permanent collection of the Mulvane Art Museum (Topeka, Kansas) as part of the Endangered Art series.
She died in 1965.
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She was cremated at Los Angeles County Crematory on 6 October 1965. Her ashes are interred at Forest Lawn in
Hollywood Hills
.
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Filmography
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Mariska played a gloomy stiff zombie Igor-like woman called Hilda in Whistling in the Dark starring Red Skelton. Cult killers kidnap a radio sleuth (Red)and two girlfriends (Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey) and force him to outline a perfect murder. In 1941 Conrad Veidt played the cult leader con whose parting lie was "I leave you in radiant contemplation." Director S. Sylvan Simon ? Described as Suspense/Comedy. 1 hour 30 minutes Turner Classic Movies
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