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Ruth White is a Actor American born on 24 april 1914 at Perth Amboy (USA)

Ruth White

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Birth name Ruth Patricia White
Nationality USA
Birth 24 april 1914 at Perth Amboy (USA)
Death 3 december 1969 (at 55 years) at New Jersey (USA)

Ruth Patricia White (April 24, 1914 – December 3, 1969) was an American actress who worked in theatre, film, and television. She was an Emmy Award and Obie Award winner and also a Tony Award nominee.

Biography

Ruth White entame sa carrière d'actrice au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway dans quatorze pièces, entre 1949 et 1968, dont The Ponder Heart de Joseph Fields et Jerome Chodorov (1956, avec Will Geer, Una Merkel et David Wayne), Lord Pengo de S. N. Behrman (1962, avec Charles Boyer dans le rôle-titre, Henry Daniell et Agnes Moorehead) et L'Anniversaire d'Harold Pinter (1967-1968, avec Ed Flanders et Edward Winter).

Elle se produit également Off-Broadway dans quatre pièces, la première en 1958, la dernière de 1966 à 1968. La deuxième est Oh les beaux jours de Samuel Beckett (qu'elle joue en 1961 puis reprend en 1966).

Au cinéma, elle contribue à seulement quinze films américains, le premier étant L'Homme qui tua la peur de Martin Ritt (avec John Cassavetes et Sidney Poitier), sorti en 1957. Le dernier est The Pursuit of Happiness de Robert Mulligan (son quatrième film de ce réalisateur, avec Michael Sarrazin et Barbara Hershey), sorti en février 1971, dont elle achève le tournage à la mi-novembre 1969, environ deux semaines avant sa mort prématurée, d'un cancer foudroyant.

Mentionnons aussi Au risque de se perdre de Fred Zinnemann (1959, avec Audrey Hepburn et Peter Finch), Du silence et des ombres de Robert Mulligan (1962, avec Gregory Peck et Brock Peters), le western Pendez-les haut et court de Ted Post (1968, avec Clint Eastwood et Inger Stevens), ou encore Macadam Cowboy de John Schlesinger (1969, avec Dustin Hoffman et Jon Voight).

Pour la télévision, entre 1949 et 1969, Ruth White collabore à quatre téléfilms et trente-cinq séries, dont Les Incorruptibles (un épisode, 1962), La Quatrième Dimension (un épisode, 1963) et Le Fugitif (deux épisodes, 1963-1965).

L'épisode Little Moon of Alban de George Schaefer (avec Dirk Bogarde et Julie Harris), diffusé en 1964 dans le cadre de la série Hallmark Hall of Fame , lui permet de gagner la même année un Emmy Award du meilleur second rôle.

Best films

Charly (1968)
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ruth White (26 films)

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Actress

The Pursuit of Happiness, 1h33
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Robert Klein, Sada Thompson, Ralph Waite
Roles Mrs. Popper
Rating61% 3.098673.098673.098673.098673.09867
Disenchanted college student William Popper (Michael Sarrazin) is convicted of vehicular manslaughter for killing a woman with his car. With only a week left on his sentence and the help of his girlfriend, Jane (Barbara Hershey), he escapes to Canada, making both of them wanted fugitives.
Midnight Cowboy, 1h49
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, John McGiver
Roles Sally Buck
Rating77% 3.8983053.8983053.8983053.8983053.898305
As the film opens, Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a young Texan working as a dishwasher, dresses in new cowboy clothing, packs a suitcase, and quits his job. He heads to New York City hoping to succeed as a male prostitute for women. Initially unsuccessful, he succeeds in bedding a well-to-do middle-aged New Yorker (Sylvia Miles), but Joe ends up giving her money.
The Reivers, 1h52
Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about horses, Road movies, Horse sports in film
Actors Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Mitch Vogel, Burgess Meredith, Will Geer, Michael Constantine
Roles Miss Reba
Rating65% 3.2979253.2979253.2979253.2979253.297925
Set in 1905, the film follows the exploits of the likable but raffish Boon Hoggenbeck (Steve McQueen), who takes an interest in a new car, a new 1905 Winton Flyer that is the property of a man named Boss (Will Geer), the patriarch of the McCaslin family, who live in the Mississippi area where Boon lives. When the taking of the car first by Boon and then by Ned (Rupert Crosse) (they show themselves to be reivers, or thieves, in the film's start, hence the title) leads to a public brawl, the local magistrate lets them off by a bond that Boss pays on the condition both men stay out of trouble and further away from the car while he is away with family to tend to a funeral. That is soon changed by Boon, who takes the car again to go up to Memphis to see his woman Corrie (Sharon Farrell) and talks his young friend Lucius (Mitch Vogel) into going for the ride. Ned stows away as well, but Boon grudgingly allows him to come. Other characters include a horse that loves sardines and races for them, a friendly bordello madam and her amiable employees, and a man with a horse who lives near an impassable sinkhole full of mud for which he charges expensive rates to get both carts and cars through.
Charly
Charly (1968)
, 1h43
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Leon Janney, Lilia Skala, Dick Van Patten, Ruth White
Roles Mrs. Apple
Rating68% 3.4465353.4465353.4465353.4465353.446535
Charly Gordon (Cliff Robertson), an intellectually disabled man with a strong desire to make himself smarter, has been attending night school for two years where he has been taught by Alice Kinnian (Claire Bloom) to read and write. However, his spelling remains poor and he is even unable to spell his own name.
Hang 'em High, 1h54
Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson
Roles Madame Sophie
Rating69% 3.498173.498173.498173.498173.49817
The story is set in Oklahoma Territory in 1889. It opens with Jed Cooper driving a small herd of cattle across a stream. When the men in a posse ( Capt. Wilson (Ed Begley), Reno (Joseph Sirola), Miller (Bruce Dern), Jenkins (Bob Steele), Matt Stone (Alan Hale, Jr.), Charlie Blackfoot (Ned Romero), Maddow (Russell Thorson), Tommy (Jonathan Lippe) and Loomis (L. Q. Jones)) surround him and accuse him of rustling the herd, he shows them a receipt for the cattle, but the man he bought them from was a rustler who killed the herd's owners. Cooper explains that he knew nothing about the murder, but only Jenkins expresses doubts about his guilt. After Reno takes Cooper's saddle and Miller takes his wallet, the men hang him from a tree and ride away, leaving him for dead.
A Lovely Way to Die, 1h43
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach, Kenneth Haigh, Dana Elcar, Martyn Green
Roles Biddy
Rating51% 2.5577352.5577352.5577352.5577352.557735
After quitting his job as a police detective, Jim Schuyler accepts an offer from lawyer Tennessee Fredericks to protect Rena Westabrook, who's about to go on trial for the murder of her wealthy husband.
No Way to Treat a Lady, 1h48
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton, Michael Dunn
Roles Mrs. Himmel
Rating69% 3.4943553.4943553.4943553.4943553.494355
Rod Steiger stars as Christopher Gill, a serial killer who is fixated on his late mother, who had been an actress. Gill preys on older women who remind him of her. A Broadway theater director and costumer, he adopts various disguises, e.g. priest, policeman, plumber, hairdresser, etc., to put his victims at ease (and also avoid being identified) before strangling them and painting a pair of lips on their foreheads with garish red lipstick.
The Tiger Makes Out, 1h34
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy, Frances Sternhagen, John Harkins, Dustin Hoffman
Roles Mrs. Edna Kelly
Rating58% 2.9024352.9024352.9024352.9024352.902435
Loser Ben Harris (Eli Wallach), an alienated mailman, decides to get a girl the only way he can — by kidnapping her. Putting his plan into operation one rainy night, he spots an attractive young woman. He races ahead of her and prepares an ambush. However, his would-be target finds shelter from the downpour and he ends up pulling a bag down over Gloria Fiske (Anne Jackson) instead. When he carries her back to his basement apartment and removes the bag, he is dumbfounded to find he has captured a middle-aged housewife. With no alternative, he makes do with the person he has caught, but she proves to be not quite what he envisaged.
Up the Down Staircase, 2h3
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart, Jean Stapleton, Ruth White, Sorrell Booke, Florence Stanley
Roles Beatrice Schacter
Rating72% 3.644753.644753.644753.644753.64475
The film's title is a reference to the staircases inside a public, overcrowded New York City high school with a number of troubled students. Sylvia Barrett, fresh out of graduate school, has just been hired to teach English to the teens in this place, who come from various races and ethnicities. Many are undisciplined; a few are hanging with gangs. She is confused at first by the required regulations, daily reporting and other paperwork. Her students also seem continually disruptive and playful. One girl has a crush on a male teacher, and tries to jump out of a window; another appears with a black eye. A boy on court probation, with a high I.Q. but a mixed academic record, tests her patience, while another boy works nights and falls asleep in class. Not everyone is agreeable with Sylvia's quiet approach to the situation, but she intends to get the teens to become good students and get them into real learning. She succeeds finally in getting them into a lively discussion about classic literature, followed by a lively mock trial, before weighing whether to continue or resign from her position.
Cast a Giant Shadow, 2h26
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, Yul Brynner, James Donald, Frank Sinatra
Roles Mrs. Chaison
Rating62% 3.1490353.1490353.1490353.1490353.149035
The film is a fictionalized account of the experiences of a real-life Jewish-American military officer, Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus, who commanded units of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Baby, the Rain Must Fall, 1h40
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lee Remick, Steve McQueen, Don Murray, Paul Fix, Josephine Hutchinson, Ruth White
Roles Miss Clara
Rating63% 3.150223.150223.150223.150223.15022
Georgette Thomas and her six-year-old daughter Margaret Rose travel to a small southern Texas town to meet her irresponsible rockabilly singer/guitarist husband, Henry Thomas, when he is released from prison after serving time for stabbing a man during a drunken brawl.
A Rage to Live, 1h41
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman, Ben Gazzara, Sarah Marshall, Peter Graves, Bethel Leslie
Roles Mrs. Bannon
Rating62% 3.1446453.1446453.1446453.1446453.144645
Newspaper heiress Grace Caldwell's nymphomania threatens to destroy the reputation of her staid, wealthy Pennsylvania family. As a precocious teenager, she succumbs to the advances of her older brother Brock's friend Charlie Jay, a decision that apparently ignites her passion for all men.
To Kill a Mockingbird, 2h9
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about racism
Actors Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, John Megna, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Alice Ghostley
Roles Mrs. Dubose
Rating82% 4.1488354.1488354.1488354.1488354.148835
The film's young protagonists, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) and her brother Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch (Phillip Alford), live in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1930s. The story covers three years, during which Scout and Jem undergo changes in their lives. They begin as innocent children, who spend their days happily playing games with each other and spying on Arthur "Boo" Radley (Robert Duvall), who has not been seen for many years by anybody as a result of never leaving his house and about whom many rumors circulate. Their widowed father, Atticus (Gregory Peck), is a town lawyer and has a strong belief that all people are to be treated fairly, to turn the other cheek, and to stand for what you believe. He also allows his children to call him by his first name. Early in the film, the children see their father accept hickory nuts, and other produce, from Mr. Cunningham (Crahan Denton) for legal work because the client has no money. Through their father's work as a lawyer, Scout and Jem begin to learn of the racism and evil in their town, aggravated by poverty; they mature quickly as they are exposed to it.
The Nun's Story, 2h29
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Sergio Leone, Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Mildred Dunnock, Dean Jagger
Roles Mother Marcella
Rating74% 3.7461953.7461953.7461953.7461953.746195
Gabrielle "Gaby" Van Der Mal (Audrey Hepburn), whose father Hubert (Dean Jagger) is a famous surgeon in Belgium, enters a convent of nursing sisters in the late 1920s in the hopes of eventually becoming a missionary nursing sister in the Belgian Congo. After being given the name of Sister Luke and undergoing a postulancy and novitiate which foreshadow her future difficulties with the vow of obedience, she takes her first vows and is sent to a school of tropical medicine.