Ruth Hussey
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA — Oct 30 1911• Died Apr 19 2005
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story. After working as an actress in summer stock, she returned to Providence and worked as a radio fashion commentator on a local station. She wrote the ad copy for a Providence clothing store and read it on the radio each afternoon. She was encouraged by a friend to try out for acting roles at the Providence Playhouse. The theater dire…
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Climax!
Katherine Benson
Studio One
Nancy Edison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Paula Hudson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Maia
MGM Parade
Lux Video Theatre
Polly Baxter
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Maid
Producers' Showcase
Mary Haines
Vacation Playhouse
Nurse Edie Ramsey
Playwrights '56
The Philadelphia Story
Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
General Electric Theater
The Women
Miss Wattson
Another Thin Man
Dorothy Waters
The Uninvited
Pamela Fitzgerald
I, Jane Doe
Eve Meredith Curtis
Madame X
Annette
That's My Boy
Ann Jackson
Fast and Furious
Lily Cole
Flight Command
Lorna Gray
Within the Law
Mary Turner
Big City
Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)
Susan and God
Charlotte
Married Bachelor
Norma Haven
Northwest Passage
Elizabeth Browne
Pierre of the Plains
Daisy Denton
The Great Gatsby
Jordan Baker
Louisa
Meg Norton
The Christophers
Tender Comrade
Barbara Thomas
Spring Madness
Kate McKim
Mr. Music
Lorna Marvis
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Our Wife
Professor Susan Drake
Maisie
Sybil Ames
The Facts of Life
Mary Gilbert
Woman of the North Country
Christine Powell
Man-Proof
Jane (dialogue scenes deleted)
Tennessee Johnson
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Free and Easy
Martha Gray
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
Voice Over
Hold That Kiss
Nadine Piermont
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Cordelia 'Kay' Motford Pulham
Honolulu
Eve
Judge Hardy's Children
Margaret Lee
Marine Raiders
Lt. Ellen Foster
Blackmail
Helen Ingram
Soaring Stars
Herself
Bedside Manner
Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD
The Lady Wants Mink
Nora Connors
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Maggie Cartwright
Time Out for Murder
Peggy Norton, victim
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Joan Thayer
Stars and Stripes Forever
Jennie Sousa
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
Mary