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October 30, 1896 · Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Died. August 28, 1985 · Edgartown, Massachusetts, USA (stroke) Birth name. Ruth Gordon Jones. Height. 5′ (1.52 m) Mini Bio. When Ruth Gordon convinced her father, a sea captain, to let her pursue acting she came to New York and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Aug 29, 1985 · Actress Ruth Gordon, whose roguish heart and enduring grace lighted the world’s stages and motion picture screens for seven decades, died “peacefully in her sleep” Wednesday in Edgartown,...
Aug 29, 1985 · Ruth Gordon, an actress and writer whose perpetual energies seemed to defy time, died yesterday at her summer home in Edgartown, Mass. She was 88 years old. In those years - the last 70 of them...
Ruth Gordon was an American actress and writer who won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for playing Minnie Castevet in the 1968 psychological horror film ‘Rosemary's Baby.’. She also won a ‘Golden Globe Award’ and ‘Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award’ for portraying Castevet in the Roman Polanski-directed film.
Feb 20, 2022 · Ruth Gordon's Unique and Defiant Journey to Oscar. Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/bekindrewindIn this video I talk about the resilience of Ruth Gordon...
Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, she gained international recognition and critical acclaim for film roles that continued into her seventies and eighties.
By Leticia Kent. Essays — Jun 21, 2012. Share. The following interview with actor Ruth Gordon originally appeared in the April 4, 1971, edition of the New York Times. “H ave ya gotta angle for the story?” The accent—part New England hayseed, part Dead-End Kid—is unmistakable. It belongs to Ruth Gordon.
