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Alma Rubens

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Actress

The Resume

    (February 19, 1897-January 22, 1931)
    Acted in ‘Reggie Mixes in (1916),' ‘The Half-Breed (1916),' ‘The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917),' ‘The Price She Paid (1924),' ‘Show Boat (1929)' and ‘She Goes to War (1929)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She destroyed her health and career with alcohol and heroin.
    Her first marriage lasted only a few weeks, her second, a few months.
    She was arrested several times for possession.
    She was also arrested twice for disorderly conduct.
    One of her films, ‘The Mystery of the Leaping Fish,' ironically mocks drug addiction.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was one of the silent era's biggest stars by age 19.
    She may have become an addict because she was prescribed narcotics when ill.
    One of her drug arrests might have been a frame-up.
    At the time of her death, her third husband Richard Cortez had virtually abandoned her.
    Despite her problems, she kept making well received films.

Credit: Georgina


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 179 Votes: 44.69% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 95.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 83 Votes: 57.83% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 48 Votes: 60.42% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying