Born Norma Roman to Lithuanian-Jewish parents in Lynn, Massachusetts, she was renamed Ruth after a fortune-teller’s advice. After attending Boston schools and studying drama at Bishop Lee Dramatic School, she performed with the New England Repertory Company and the Elizabeth Peabody Players before moving to New York, where she supported herself as a cigarette and hat-check girl while seeking stage… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Strangers on a Train 1951 Gilda 1946 Bonanza 1959 Murder, She Wrote 1984 Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Adah Isaacs Menken Series ★ 8.1 The Untouchables 1959
Georgiana Drake Series ★ 7.7 Kung Fu 1972
Rhoda Norman Series ★ 7.8 The Outer Limits 1963
Prof. Diana Brice Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Adelaide Strain ★ 7.3 The Big Clock 1948
Secretary at Meeting (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Far Country 1954
Ronda Castle ★ 7 The Window 1949
Jean Kellerson ★ 6.8 A Night in Casablanca 1946
Harem Girl (uncredited) Series ★ 6.9 Mannix 1967
Victoria Parish Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Flo Watson ★ 6.7 Champion 1949
Emma Bryce Series ★ 6.9 Tarzan 1966
★ 6.7 Beyond the Forest 1949
Carol Series ★ 6.7 Cannon 1971
Series ★ 6.7 Route 66 1960
Series ★ 6.6 Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969
Dr. Margaret ★ 6.6 Colt .45 1950
Beth Donovan ★ 6.6 Since You Went Away 1944
Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Tomorrow Is Another Day 1951
Catherine 'Cay' Higgins Series ★ 6.5 Police Woman 1974
★ 6.3 Stage Door Canteen 1943
Girl (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Without Reservations 1946
Girl in Negligee (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Dallas 1950
Tonia Robles ★ 6.3 Good Sam 1948
Ruthie ★ 6.4 Bitter Victory 1957
Jane Brand Series ★ 6.1 The Mod Squad 1968
Irene Morris ★ 6 Great Day in the Morning 1956
Boston Grant ★ 6 Blowing Wild 1953
Sal Donnelly ★ 5.7 Lightning Strikes Twice 1951
Shelley Carnes ★ 6 The Killing Kind 1974
Rhea Benson ★ 5.8 Down Three Dark Streets 1954
Kate Martell Series ★ 5.6 The F.B.I. 1965
Julie Sinclair ★ 5.6 Go Ask Alice 1973
Psychiatrist ★ 4.9 Impulse 1974
Julia Marstow ★ 5 A Knife for the Ladies 1974
Elizabeth ★ 5.9 The Baby 1973
Mrs. Wadsworth ★ 5.2 Day of the Animals 1977
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