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Born | Alma Genevieve Reubens February 19, 1897 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | January 21, 1931 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 33)
Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery |
Other names | Alma Ruben Alma Reubens Genevieve Driscoll Rosa LaFrance |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1913–1929 |
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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.