Alma Rubens

Alma Rubens
Rubens c. 1924
Born
Alma Genevieve Reubens

(1897-02-19)February 19, 1897
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 21, 1931(1931-01-21) (aged 33)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeMountain View Cemetery
Other namesAlma Ruben
Alma Reubens
Genevieve Driscoll
Rosa LaFrance
OccupationActress
Years active1913–1929
Spouses
(m. 1918; div. 1919)
(m. 1923; div. 1925)
(m. 1926; sep. 1930)
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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. For the remainder of the decade she appeared in supporting roles in comedies and drama. In the 1920s she developed a drug addiction that eventually ended her career. She died of lobar pneumonia and bronchitis shortly after being arrested for cocaine possession in January 1931.