"well-known, particularly ""Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night"". She was again nominated for an Academy Award, and critics such as Gene Ringgold described her Margo as her ""all-time best performance"". Pauline Kael wrote that much of Mankiewicz' vision of ""the theater"" was ""nonsense"", but commended Davis, writing ""[the film is] saved by one performance that is the real thing: Bette Davis is at her most instinctive and assured. Her actress - vain, scared, a woman who goes too far in her reactions and emotions - makes the whole thing come alive."" Davis won a Best Actress"
"Ruth Gordon Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, she gained international recognition and critical acclaim for film roles that continued into her seventies and eighties. Her later work included performances in ""Rosemary's Baby"" (1968), ""Harold and Maude"" (1971), and the Clint Eastwood films ""Every Which Way but Loose"" (1978) and ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980). In addition to her acting career, Gordon"
"Ruth Nelson (actress) Ruth Nelson (August 2, 1905 – September 12, 1992) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in such films as ""Wilson"", ""A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"", ""Humoresque"", ""3 Women"", ""The Late Show"" and ""Awakenings"". She was the wife of John Cromwell, whom she acted alongside on multiple occasions. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Nelson was the daughter of vaudeville actress Eva Mudge. She attended Immaculate Heart Convent School in Los Angeles and went on to study at the American Laboratory Theatre in New York City during the early 1920s. Nelson made her"
"Hermione Baddeley Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English character actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as ""brassy"" or ""blowsy"". She found her milieu in revue, in which she played from the 1930s to the 1950s, co-starring several times with Hermione Gingold. Baddeley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ""Room at the Top"" (1959) and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for ""The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"""
"33 years, until Cromwell's death in 1979 from a pulmonary embolism. She was the stepmother of actor James Cromwell. Nelson died on September 12, 1992, at her home in New York City from cancer complicated by a stroke and pneumonia. Ruth Nelson (actress) Ruth Nelson (August 2, 1905 – September 12, 1992) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in such films as ""Wilson"", ""A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"", ""Humoresque"", ""3 Women"", ""The Late Show"" and ""Awakenings"". She was the wife of John Cromwell, whom she acted alongside on multiple occasions. Born in Saginaw,"
"election. Terry died on March 11, 2016 at the age of 95. Ruth Terry Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names of two then-famous baseball players, Babe Ruth and Bill Terry. Terry was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the daughter of Irish-American parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McMahon. She attended St John's Catholic School in Benton Harbor. Terry won a number of prizes"
"Ruth Terry Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names of two then-famous baseball players, Babe Ruth and Bill Terry. Terry was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the daughter of Irish-American parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McMahon. She attended St John's Catholic School in Benton Harbor. Terry won a number of prizes for singing before singing with the Paul Ash Theater Orchestra at the"
"Edith Roberts (actress) Edith Josephine Roberts (September 17, 1899 – August 20, 1935) was an American silent film actress from New York City. She was a child performer in vaudeville before she came to Hollywood in 1915. Among her more than 150 screen credits are roles in ""Seven Keys to Baldpate"" (1925), ""Big Brother"" (1923), ""The Wagon Master"" (1929), and ""The Mystery Club"" (1926). Her final film role was in ""Two O'Clock in the Morning"" (1929). Roberts was married to Harold Carter. She died, aged 35, from septicemia at the Hollywood Hospital in 1935, shortly after giving birth to a"
"Mary Jane Croft Mary Jane Croft (February 15, 1916 – August 24, 1999) was an American actress best known for her roles as Betty Ramsey on ""I Love Lucy"", Ms. Daisy Enright on the radio and television versions of ""Our Miss Brooks"", Mary Jane Lewis on ""The Lucy Show"" and ""Here's Lucy"", and Clara Randolph on ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"". Described as ""a stage-struck 17-year-old just out of high school"", she started her career on the stage of the Muncie Civic Theatre. She quickly joined the Guild Theatre company, a new theatrical stock company in Cincinnati, Ohio. From"
"who co-starred in ""Maxie,"" one of Gordon's last films, ""... and it kept her ageless."""" In August 1979, a small theater in Westboro, Massachusetts, and in November 1984, an outdoor amphitheater in Quincy, Massachusetts were named in her honor. Ruth Gordon Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, she gained international recognition and critical acclaim for film roles that continued into her seventies and"
"Ruth Matteson Ruth Matteson (December 10, 1910 – February 5, 1975) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 20 Broadway plays and had a variety of television roles. Matteson began her acting career in San Francisco with the Henry Duffy Players. Her first Broadway role was in ""Geraniums in My Window"" in 1934. In 1936 she replaced Doris Nolan as the lead in ""Night of January 16th"". Her role in George Abbott's production of the comedy ""What a Life"" led to a regular spot on ""The Aldrich Family"", a radio program based on the play. In 1940 she"
"Judith Barrett Judith Barrett (born Lucille Kelley, February 2, 1909 – March 10, 2000), also known as Nancy Dover, was an American film actress of the late 1920s and through the 1930s, up until 1940. Born and raised in Venus, Texas, Barrett was one of three children of cattle rancher Sam Kelley, whom she later claimed to be a ""dirt"" farmer who died of a broken heart. Barrett made several appearances at ""The Palace Theatre"", Dallas while still at school. She did modeling at a department store for ladies tea/fashion shows. At sixteen, she got on a train to Hollywood."
"November 2001 from pneumonia due to Alzheimer's disease. Rachel Gurney Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television and theatre work, into the early 1990s. She was best known for playing the elegant Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the ITV period drama ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". Rachel Gurney was born in Buckinghamshire, England on 5 March 1920. Her father, Samuel Gurney Lubbock, was a housemaster at Eton and"
"Lily Tomlin, Mike Nichols, Julie Harris, Simon Callow, Emma Thompson, Charles Busch, David Mamet, Julia Sweeney, Annette Bening, Maureen Lipman and John Lithgow. Ruth Draper Ruth Draper (December 2, 1884December 30, 1956) was an American actress, dramatist and noted diseuse who specialized in character-driven monologues and monodrama. Her best-known pieces include ""The Italian Lesson"", ""Three Women and Mr. Clifford"", ""Doctors and Diets"", and ""A Church in Italy"". Ruth Draper was born in New York City, the youngest child of Dr. William Henry and Ruth (née Dana) Draper. Her father, who was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, had the affluence to support"
"Twitty duet ""You're the Reason Our Kids are Ugly"". Ruth Buzzi Ruth Ann Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian and singer. She has appeared onstage, as well as in films and television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"" from 1968–73, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations. Buzzi was born at Westerly Hospital, Westerly, Rhode Island, the daughter of Rena Pauline and Angelo Peter Buzzi, a nationally recognized stone sculptor. She was raised in Wequetequock, Connecticut, in a rock house overlooking"
"marks when signing autographs. Boots Mallory Patricia ""Boots"" Mallory (October 22, 1913 – December 1, 1958) was an American film actress, dancer, and model. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mallory grew up in Mobile, Alabama, attended Murphy High School, and was working in the Lyric Theater as an usherette when the Ziegfeld Follies came to Mobile. Ziegfeld offered her a spot in his show. She eventually travelled to New York City where she made a strong impression in the Broadway production of the ""Ziegfeld Follies of 1931"". Moving to Hollywood, she found employment with Fox Films and was cast in"
"Ruth McDevitt Ruth McDevitt (September 13, 1895 – May 27, 1976) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress. She was born Ruth Thane Shoecraft in Coldwater, Michigan. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she married Patrick McDevitt and decided to devote her time to her marriage. After her husband's death in 1934, she returned to acting. She performed on Broadway, in particular understudying and succeeding Josephine Hull in ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" and ""The Solid Gold Cadillac"". She also worked as a radio actor. McDevitt was a familiar face on television during the 1950s, 1960s, and"
"Joyce Grenfell Joyce Irene Grenfell, OBE (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English comedian, singer, actress, monologist, scriptwriter and producer. She is remembered especially for performances in such roles as the gym mistress Miss Gossage in ""The Happiest Days of Your Life"" and Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's films. At that time, it was still unusual for a woman of her high social class to be professionally engaged in show business. Born in Montpelier Square in Knightsbridge, London, Joyce was the daughter of architect Paul Phipps (1880–1953), the grandson of Charles Paul Phipps and"
"Ruth Buzzi Ruth Ann Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian and singer. She has appeared onstage, as well as in films and television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"" from 1968–73, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations. Buzzi was born at Westerly Hospital, Westerly, Rhode Island, the daughter of Rena Pauline and Angelo Peter Buzzi, a nationally recognized stone sculptor. She was raised in Wequetequock, Connecticut, in a rock house overlooking the ocean at Wequetequock Cove, where her father owned"
"Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert (pronounced ""Coal-BEAR""; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an American stage and film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, and has been called ""The mixture of inimitable beauty, sophistication, wit, and vivacity"". Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to motion pictures with the advent of sound film. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in ""It Happened One Night"" (1934), and received two"
"play, ""Saturday, Sunday, Monday"". In 1991 she played Calphurnia in ""Julius Caesar"" and Lady Capulet in ""Romeo and Juliet"" for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She married Keith Bender and they had two sons. The marriage ended in divorce. She retired in 1993 to spend time with her family. Celia Gregory died in 2008, aged 58, from undisclosed causes. Celia Gregory Celia Christine Gregory (23 September 1949 – 8 September 2008) was a British stage, film and television actress, who became a faith healer later in life. Best known for her role as Ruth Anderson in the 1970s BBC television drama"
"Nora Dunfee Nora Dunfee (25 December 1915 – 23 December 1994) was an American Broadway and film actress and acting coach. Born in Belmont, Ohio, Dunfee began her professional acting career at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine, starring in Sinclair Lewis's production of ""Our Town"". Her stage credits on- and off-broadway include ""Madam, Will You Walk?"" (1953), ""The Midnight Caller"" (1958), ""The Visit"" (1960), ""The Last Days of Lincoln"" (1961) and ""Crowbar"" (1990). She also appeared in several films, most notably as the elderly lady at the bus stop who gives Tom Hanks advice in ""Forrest Gump"". Dunfee studied"
"Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (née Weston, January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes known as the ""Queen of R&B"". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as ""So Long"", ""Teardrops from My Eyes"" and ""(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"". For these contributions, Atlantic became known as ""the house that Ruth built"" (alluding to the popular nickname for the old Yankee Stadium). Following a resurgence that began in the mid-1970s and peaked in the"
"Ruth Godfrey (actress) Ruth Godfrey (February 24, 1922January 7, 1985) was an American film actress, best known for her work in several Three Stooges shorts. Ruth Godfrey was assistant dance director at Warner Brothers Studio for ten years. She was under contract to Columbia Studios for two years and was the choreographer for ""The Ten Commandments"" at Paramount Pictures. Godfrey taught such stars as Jimmy Cagney, Gene Nelson, Jane Powell, Ann Sothern and Lucille Ball. Godfrey first joined Columbia Pictures as a member of The Jack Cole Dancers, along with supporting actresses Nita Bieber and Gloria Patrice. All three would"
"end in 1992. Rosalind Russell Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy ""His Girl Friday"" (1940), as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in ""Auntie Mame"" (1958) and Rose in ""Gypsy"" (1962). A noted comedian, she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated. Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show"
"Betty Balfour Betty Balfour (27 March 1903 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the ""British Mary Pickford"" and ""Britain's Queen of Happiness"". She was best known to audiences for her ""Squibs"" series of films. Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the ""Daily Mirror"" as the country's favourite world star. Her talent was most evident in the ""Squibs"" comedy series produced by George Pearson, while in his ""Love, Life and Laughter"" (1923) and ""Reveille"" (1924), rediscovered in 2014,"
"her sleep of natural causes at her beachfront villa on Crescent Bay in Laguna Beach, California, on September 9, 1999. She was survived by her son, Richard Roman Hall. Ruth Roman Ruth Roman (December 22, 1922September 9, 1999) was an Lithuanian-American actress, principally appearing in dramas including the Alfred Hitchcock thriller ""Strangers on a Train"" (1951). Ruth Roman was born to Lithuanian parents, Mary Pauline (née Gold) and Abraham Roman. Her mother was a dancer and her father a barker in a carnival that they owned at Revere, Massachusetts. She had two sisters, Anna and Eva. Her father died when"
"of her home at 24 Park Crescent in London. Marie Tempest Dame Mary Susan Etherington, (15 July 1864 – 15 October 1942), known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress known as the ""queen of her profession"". Tempest became the most famous soprano in late Victorian light opera and Edwardian musical comedies. Later, she became a leading comic actress and toured widely in North America and elsewhere. She was, at times, her own theatre manager during a career spanning 55 years. Tempest was also instrumental in the founding of the actors' union Equity in Britain. Tempest was"
"Peggy Ashcroft Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than sixty years, and who, along with contemporaries John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition. She was working in smaller theatres even before graduating from drama school, and within two years thereafter she was starring in the West End. Ashcroft maintained her leading place in"
"Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth ""Bette"" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. With a career spanning 60 years, she is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films, suspense horror, and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in the summer of 1930. However,"
"Ruby Dee Ruby Dee (born Ruby Ann Wallace, October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of ""Ruth Younger"" in the stage and film versions of ""A Raisin in the Sun"" (1961). Her other notable film roles include ""The Jackie Robinson Story"" (1950) and ""Do the Right Thing"" (1989). For her performance as Mahalee Lucas in ""American Gangster"" (2007), Dee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor"
"Judi Meredith Judi Clare Meredith (born Judith Clare Boutin, October 13, 1936 – April 30, 2014) was an American actress. Born on October 13, 1936 to Herbert Boutin and Janice M. Starr in Portland, Oregon, Meredith graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Portland. Meredith was a figure skater who became a professional star performer with the Ice Follies. She broke her back in an accident, but returned to skating until she broke her knee cap and was advised by doctors to stop. Meredith was performing in stock until she was spotted at the Pasadena Playhouse by George Burns, who cast"
"1964, in Chelsea, London. Gladys Boot Gladys Boot (1890 – 16 October 1964), was a British actress. She studied acting privately with Elsie Fogerty, and made her stage debut in Newcastle in 1940 in ""Quiet Wedding""; and in London at Wyndham's Theatre the following year in ""Quiet Weekend"". In this, she appeared in over 1,000 performances, including overseas tours and for the forces, 1943-44. After the war, theatre work included as leading lady with the Liverpool Playhouse, and on tour and on Broadway in ""Yes M'Lord"" (1949); and again on tour as Mrs Higgins in Shaw's ""Pygmalion"" in 1951. She"