Ruth Hussey
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1911-10-30
- Died
- 2005-04-19
- Place of birth
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Also known as
- Ruth March · Рут Хасси · Ruth Carol Hussey
Biography
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 director there turned her down, saying the roles were cast only out of New York City. Later that week, she journeyed to New York City and on her first day there, she signed with a talent agent who booked her for a role in a play starting the next day back at the Providence Playhouse.
In New York City, she also worked for a time as a model. She then landed a number of stage roles with touring companies. Dead End toured the country in 1937 and the last theater on the road trip was at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, where she was spotted on opening night by MGM talent scout Billy Grady. MGM signed her to a players contract and she made her film debut in 1937. She quickly became a leading lady in MGM's "B" unit, usually playing sophisticated, worldly roles. For a 1940 "A" picture role, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Elizabeth Imbrie, the cynical magazine photographer and almost-girlfriend of James Stewart's character Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. In 1941, exhibitors voted her the third-most popular new star in Hollywood.
Hussey also worked with Robert Taylor in Flight Command (1940), Robert Young in Northwest Passage (1940) and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Van Heflin in Tennessee Johnson (1942), Ray Milland in The Uninvited (1944), and Alan Ladd in The Great Gatsby (1949).
Known For
Climax!
1954
as Katherine Benson / Martha / Alice Moore
Studio One
1948
as Nancy Edison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Paula Hudson
MGM Parade
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Polly Baxter / Kit Marlowe / Meg / Linda Carson / Irene / Harriet Craig
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Maia
TV Shows (12)
Climax!
1954
as Katherine Benson / Martha / Alice Moore
Studio One
1948
as Nancy Edison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Paula Hudson
MGM Parade
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Polly Baxter / Kit Marlowe / Meg / Linda Carson / Irene / Harriet Craig
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Maia
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Nurse Edie Ramsey
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Mary Haines
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960
as Maid
Playwrights '56
1955
General Electric Theater
1953
as Emma
The Christophers
1953
Movies (44)
The Philadelphia Story
1940
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
Our Wife
1941
as Professor Susan Drake
The Women
1939
as Miss Wattson
The Uninvited
1944
as Pamela Fitzgerald
Mr. Music
1950
as Lorna Marvis
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)
Tender Comrade
1944
as Barbara Thomas
Pierre of the Plains
1942
as Daisy Denton
Within the Law
1939
as Mary Turner
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
1970
as Voice Over
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Maggie Cartwright
Soaring Stars
1942
as Herself
Northwest Passage
1940
as Elizabeth Browne
That's My Boy
1951
as Ann Jackson
The Great Gatsby
1949
as Jordan Baker
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Eve Meredith Curtis
Flight Command
1940
as Lorna Gray
Another Thin Man
1939
as Dorothy Waters
Marine Raiders
1944
as Lt. Ellen Foster
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Nora Connors
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as Margaret Lee
Susan and God
1940
as Charlotte
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
as Joan Thayer
Free and Easy
1941
as Martha Gray
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
as Jennie Sousa
The Facts of Life
1960
as Mary Gilbert
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Cordelia 'Kay' Motford Pulham
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Eliza McCardle Johnson
Fast and Furious
1939
as Lily Cole
Madame X
1937
as Annette
Time Out for Murder
1938
as Peggy Norton, victim
Honolulu
1939
as Eve
Blackmail
1939
as Helen Ingram
Maisie
1939
as Sybil Ames
Man-Proof
1938
as Jane (dialogue scenes deleted)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Nadine Piermont
Louisa
1950
as Meg Norton
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
as Mary
Spring Madness
1938
as Kate McKim
Big City
1937
as Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Christine Powell
Bedside Manner
1945
as Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD
Married Bachelor
1941
as Norma Haven
About Ruth Hussey
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 the… With 56 credits spanning from 1937 to 1973, Ruth Hussey has appeared in 44 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ruth Hussey Movies
- The Philadelphia Story (1940) — as Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
- Our Wife (1941) — as Professor Susan Drake
- The Women (1939) — as Miss Wattson
- The Uninvited (1944) — as Pamela Fitzgerald
- Mr. Music (1950) — as Lorna Marvis
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