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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

41

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-07-07

Day of Death

2009-08-12 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA

Also Known As

Ruth Elizabeth Ford

Ruth Ford

Biography

Known For

Acting

Strange Impersonation

1946

Strange Impersonation

as

Jane Karaski #1

Lady Gangster

1942

Lady Gangster

as

Lucy Fenton

Across the Pacific

1942

Across the Pacific

as

Secretary (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

1945

Circumstantial Evidence

as

Mrs. Simms

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

as

Sister Clotilde

Escape from Crime

1942

Escape from Crime

as

Myrt - Slim's Moll

The Gorilla Man

1943

The Gorilla Man

as

Janet Devon

Wilson

1944

Wilson

as

Margaret Wilson

The Hidden Hand

1942

The Hidden Hand

as

Estelle Channing

Play It as It Lays

1972

Play It as It Lays

as

Carlotta

Too Scared to Scream

1984

Too Scared to Scream

as

Irma Hornady

Truck Busters

1943

Truck Busters

as

Pearl Dorgan

Adventure in Iraq

1943

Adventure in Iraq

as

Tess Torrence

Woman Who Came Back

1945

Woman Who Came Back

as

Ruth Gibson

Murder in the Big House

1942

Murder in the Big House

as

Irene Gordon

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

1941

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

as

Helene de Leon

Act One

1963

Act One

as

Beatrice Kaufman

Murder on the Waterfront

1943

Murder on the Waterfront

as

Lana Shane

Too Much Johnson

2013

Too Much Johnson

as

Mrs. Billings

Dragonwyck

1946

Dragonwyck

as

Cornelia Van Borden (uncredited)

Air Force

1943

Air Force

as

Nurse (uncredited)

The Tree

1969

The Tree

as

Mrs. Gagnon

Roaring Frontiers

1941

Roaring Frontiers

as

Reba Bailey

Men of the Sky

1942

Men of the Sky

as

Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart

Princess O'Rourke

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as

Clare Stillwell (uncredited)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as

Self - Actress (archive footage)

In This Our Life

1942

In This Our Life

as

Mother of Accident Victim (uncredited)

Naked City

Naked City

as

Mrs. Rydecker

The Chevy Mystery Show

The Chevy Mystery Show

as

Julie McCormick

Studio One

Studio One

as

Calpurnia

Studio One

Studio One

as

Julia

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self - Mystery Guest

Production

Crew

Directing