Norma Drury
Actor · 1905 – 1978 · Massachusetts, USA
Norma (Drury) Boleslavsky played piano on- or off-camera, and/or acted dramatic roles, in appx. 13 films between 1932 and 1945 (e.g., "Stage Door" in '37), mostly after her husband's early, sudden death in January, 1937. Sometimes she was billed as Norma Boleslavsky, more often as Norma Drury. She also made guest appearances on popular radio programs of the 1930s and 1940s (Bergen-McCarthy, etc.). Norma and Richard Boleslavsky had one child, a son Jan (Janek), who was born in 1935 and died very young in 1962.
Movies10
Movie6.9ThrillerMysteryAircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Saboteur
1942 · 564 votes
Movie7.1DramaHistoryThe story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
That Hamilton Woman
1941 · 95 votes
Movie7.2ComedyDramaA spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
Stage Door
1937 · 144 votes
Movie6.5RomanceDramaProf. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
A Song to Remember
1945 · 33 votes
Movie5.7CrimeMysteryA detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 · 10 votes
Movie5.7ActionAdventureA movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1943 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaMusicOrphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
Get Hep to Love
1942 · 2 votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceAfter marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
Deception
1946 · 50 votes
Movie7.5ComedyRomanceA 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter.
Between Us Girls
1942 · 2 votes
Movie6.5DramaCrimeJoan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister who travels by his side. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins associating with suspected Nazi functionaries, and wonders if she may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities.
Madame Spy
1942 · 2 votes