Ruth White (actress)
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| Born | Ruth Patricia White April 24, 1914 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1946–1969 |
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.
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Early career
A lifelong resident of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, White graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Literature from New Jersey College for Women, now Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University in 1935. While pursuing her acting career in nearby New York City, she taught acting and drama at Seton Hall University. During this period, she also studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya.[1]
Career hiatus and resurgence
White's career was delayed in the late 1950s while she nursed her ailing mother. During her mother's illness White gained weight and looked older than her age. However, she managed to recover and appeared in off-Broadway plays of Samuel Beckett ("Happy Days") and Edward Albee ("Malcolm" and "Box"). White also earned a Tony Award nomination in 1968 for her role in Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party."[1]
In 1964, she won an Emmy Award for her role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Movie Little Moon of Alban.[2] By the end of the 1960s, she had become one of New York's most highly praised and in demand character actresses, and appeared in Midnight Cowboy, Hang 'Em High and No Way To Treat A Lady.[1]
Death
White died suddenly of cancer on December 3, 1969. Never married, she is interred with her brothers Charles and Richard in their family plot at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Perth Amboy, New Jersey.[1] Her final film role was in The Pursuit of Happiness, released two years after her death.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
- The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- The Reivers (1969)
- No Way To Treat A Lady (1968)
- Charly (1968)
- Hang 'Em High (1968)
- Up the Down Staircase (1967)
- Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
- Little Moon of Alban (1964)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- The Nun's Story (1959)
- Edge of the City (1957)
Selected television credits
- The Magic Cottage early DuMont children's series
- The Fugitive
- The Twilight Zone episode "The Incredible World of Horace Ford"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ruth White at the Internet Movie Database
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External links
- Ruth White at the Internet Movie Database
- Ruth White at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ruth White profile at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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- 1914 births
- 1969 deaths
- Actresses from New Jersey
- American television actresses
- American film actresses
- Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
- People from Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Cancer deaths in New Jersey
- Deaths from cancer of unknown primary origin
- 20th-century American actresses
