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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 was a silent film actress who starred in The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917) and The Rejected Woman (1924). She died of pneumonia in 1931 at age 33, after struggling with heroin addiction.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Alma Rubens was a 1910s actress who struggled with poverty, abuse, addiction, and identity crisis. Learn about her rise and fall in Hollywood, her controversial marriages, and her mysterious death.
Learn about the life and career of Alma Rubens, a silent film star who struggled with drug addiction and died young. Read excerpts from her own words and interviews with her colleagues and directors.
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.
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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.
