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Ruth McDevitt is a Actor American born on 13 september 1895 at Coldwater (USA)
Ruth McDevitt (September 13, 1895 – May 27, 1976) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress.
Au cinéma, elle contribue à seulement quatorze films américains, le premier étant The Guy Who Came Back de Joseph M. Newman (1951, avec Paul Douglas et Joan Bennett). Suivent notamment La Fiancée de papa de David Swift (son deuxième film, 1961, avec Hayley Mills et Maureen O'Hara), Les Oiseaux d'Alfred Hitchcock (1963, avec Rod Taylor et Tippi Hedren) et Mame de Gene Saks (son antépénultième film, 1974, avec Lucille Ball et Beatrice Arthur). Ses deux derniers films sortent cette même année 1974.
Pour la télévision, Ruth McDevitt collabore à cinquante-neuf séries américaines entre 1949 et 1975, dont Ma sorcière bien-aimée (trois épisodes, 1967-1970), Mannix (deux épisodes, 1969-1973) et Dossiers brûlants (douze épisodes, 1974-1975).
S'y ajoutent quatorze téléfilms de 1954 à 1976 (année de sa mort), dont Man in the Middle d'Herbert Kenwith (1972, avec Van Johnson et Michael Brandon).
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Birth name Ruth Thane Shoecraft
Nationality USA
Birth 13 september 1895 at Coldwater (USA)
Death 27 may 1976 (at 80 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 13 september 1895 at Coldwater (USA)
Death 27 may 1976 (at 80 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Au théâtre, Ruth Mc Devitt joue notamment à Broadway (New York) dans quinze pièces entre 1937 et 1965 (plus une comédie musicale en 1948). Mentionnons Picnic de William Inge (1953-1954, avec Ralph Meeker, Eileen Heckart et Paul Newman) et The Best Man de Gore Vidal (1960-1961, avec Melvyn Douglas, Frank Lovejoy et Lee Tracy).Au cinéma, elle contribue à seulement quatorze films américains, le premier étant The Guy Who Came Back de Joseph M. Newman (1951, avec Paul Douglas et Joan Bennett). Suivent notamment La Fiancée de papa de David Swift (son deuxième film, 1961, avec Hayley Mills et Maureen O'Hara), Les Oiseaux d'Alfred Hitchcock (1963, avec Rod Taylor et Tippi Hedren) et Mame de Gene Saks (son antépénultième film, 1974, avec Lucille Ball et Beatrice Arthur). Ses deux derniers films sortent cette même année 1974.
Pour la télévision, Ruth McDevitt collabore à cinquante-neuf séries américaines entre 1949 et 1975, dont Ma sorcière bien-aimée (trois épisodes, 1967-1970), Mannix (deux épisodes, 1969-1973) et Dossiers brûlants (douze épisodes, 1974-1975).
S'y ajoutent quatorze téléfilms de 1954 à 1976 (année de sa mort), dont Man in the Middle d'Herbert Kenwith (1972, avec Van Johnson et Michael Brandon).
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Mame (1974)
, 2h12Directed by Gene Saks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston, Bruce Davison, Jane Connell, Joyce Van Patten
Roles Cousin Fan
Rating59%
At the reading of the will of young Patrick Dennis's (Kirby Furlong) father, a trustee, Mr. Babcock (John McGiver), reveals that Patrick is to be left in the care of his aunt, Mame Dennis (Lucille Ball), as well as his nanny, Agnes Gooch (Jane Connell). Taking a train to New York City (Main Title Including St. Bridget), Babcock and the boy arrive at Mame's home, where they walk into a wild party that Mame is giving for a holiday she herself created (It's Today). Patrick asks if he may slide down her banister, then reveals his true identity. Mame introduces the boy to her friends, including a renowned stage actress (and famous lush), Vera Charles (Beatrice Arthur).
Mixed Company (1974)
, 1h49Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Barbara Harris, Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Ruth McDevitt, Haywood Nelson, Lisa Gerritsen
Roles Miss Bergquist
Rating57%
Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe. The new extended family must now learn to live together.
Winter Kill (1974)
, 1h34Directed by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Andy Griffith, John Larch, Tim O'Connor, Lawrence Pressman, Eugene Roche, Joyce Van Patten
Roles Mildred Young
Rating69%
Crackle of Death (1974)
, 1h34Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Carol Ann Susi, William Smith, Philip Carey, David Doyle
Roles Emily Cowles
Rating76%
Homebodies (1974)
Directed by Larry Yust
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Peter Brocco, William Hansen, Frances Fuller, Ruth McDevitt, Paula Trueman, Ian Wolfe
Roles Mrs. Loomis
Rating64%
Un groupe de retraités âgés et calmes découvrent qu'il est prévu de démolir leurs maisons pour faire place à un immeuble d'appartements. Leurs tentatives visant à décourager les promoteurs passent rapidement de la dissuasion à l’assassinat alors qu’ils commencent à se débarrasser à la fois des promoteurs et des ouvriers de la construction par tous les moyens nécessaires.
Homebodies (1974)
Directed by Larry Yust
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Peter Brocco, Frances Fuller, William Hansen, Ruth McDevitt, Paula Trueman, Ian Wolfe
Roles Mrs. Loomis
Rating64%
Dans un quartier en rénovation, où les petites habitations individuelles sont détruites pour faire place aux grands ensembles imaginés par le moniteur Crawford, six vieillards refusent pourtant de quitter leur demeure. Plusieurs accidents retardent les travaux. Les vieillards, cachés dans leur maison, assassinent deux personnes dont le promoteur, puis se disputent et s'entretuent. Les survivants se réfugient alors dans une autre maison promise elle aussi à la démolition.
The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)
, 1h13Directed by Lee Philips
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Black comedy, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Stockard Channing, Edward Asnere, Jim Backus, Johnny Flynn, Joe Flynn, Chuck McCann
Roles Housemistress
Rating72%
, 1h50Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards, Herb Edelman, Lisa Gerritsen, Moosie Drier
Roles Elderly Woman
Rating61%
Peter Wilson (Jack Lemmon) is a sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, author and swinging bachelor living in Manhattan. He detests dogs and children. He is flustered by women's priorities and avoids commitment, much preferring transient physical relationships. At the office of his eye surgeon, Peter meets a leggy, eye-catching brunette named Terri Kozlenko (Barbara Harris). He likes her very much, but discovers later that she is a single mother to three children.
Man in the Middle (1972)
, 30minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Van Johnson, Michael Brandon, Heather Menzies, Ruth McDevitt, Allan Melvin
Rating64%
Angel in My Pocket (1969)
, 1h45Directed by Alan Rafkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Andy Griffith, Lee Meriwether, Jerry Van Dyke, Kay Medford, Henry Jones, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Nadine
Rating69%
The Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead, ex-Marine, bricklayer, and recent seminary graduate, is ecstatic to receive his first "calling," or assignment as Pastor of his own church. But the Church of the Redeemer in Wood Falls, Kansas, will prove a challenging assignment and nearly his undoing.
Change of Habit (1969)
, 1h33Directed by William A. Graham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Virginia Vincent, Edward Asnere, Barbara McNair, Timothy Carey
Roles Lily
Rating59%
Dr. John Carpenter is a physician in a ghetto clinic who falls for a co-worker, Michelle Gallagher, unaware that she is a nun.
The Love God? (1969)
, 1h41Directed by Nat Hiken
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Don Knotts, Anne Francis, Edmond O'Brien, James Gregory, Maureen Arthur, Maggie Peterson
Roles Miss Keezy
Rating62%
Abner Peacock's beloved bird-watcher's magazine, The Peacock, is in financial crisis. Desperate to stay afloat, Abner takes on a new partner, Osborn Tremain (Edmond O'Brien), who has an agenda of his own: to publish a sexy gentleman's magazine, which he can only do by taking over Abner's, since he has been convicted too often of sending obscene material through the mails.
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
, 1h41Directed by Alan Rafkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Burt Mustin, Don "Red" Barry, Ruth McDevitt
Roles Mrs. Olive Heywood
Rating62%
Jesse W. Haywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. As a "city slicker", he finds himself bungling in a new environment.
Dear Heart (1965)
, 1h53Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Nichols, Charles Drake, Mary Wickes
Roles Miss Tait
Rating71%
Evie Jackson (Geraldine Page) is a middle-aged, single postmaster who is attending a postmasters' convention in New York City. Honest and somewhat tactless, she has many friends but pines for love. Harry Mork (Glenn Ford) is a womanizing advertising executive who is staying in the same hotel while he finds an apartment. Mork is engaged to Phyllis (Angela Lansbury), a woman from Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mork has been told that Phyllis has a son, whom he assumes from a photo is about 13 years old. But the photo is old and her son, Patrick (Michael Anderson, Jr.), is actually 18 years old and a bohemian. Mork is surprised to discover Patrick's true age. He is also embarrassed by Patrick's casual attitude toward women and nudity, and suspicious of Patrick's seemingly platonic relationship with fellow student Émile Zola Bernkrand (Joanna Crawford).
The Birds (1963)
, 2hDirected by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about birds
Actors Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Charles McGraw
Roles Mrs. MacGruder
Rating75%
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a young socialite, meets lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco bird shop. He wants to purchase a pair of lovebirds for his sister's eleventh birthday, but the shop has none. He recognizes her from a previous encounter, but she does not remember him, so he plays a prank by pretending to mistake her for a salesperson. She is infuriated when she realizes this, even though she also likes to play practical jokes. Intrigued, she finds his address in Bodega Bay, purchases a pair of lovebirds, and takes the long drive to deliver them. She secretly deposits the birdcage inside his mother's house, with a note. He spots her on the water through a pair of binoculars during her retreat, and manages to talk to her after she is attacked and injured by a seagull. He invites her to dinner, and she hesitantly agrees.