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Ruth Thane McDevitt (née Shoecraft; September 13, 1895 – May 27, 1976) was an American film, stage, radio, and television actress. Career [ edit ] The daughter of John Barnabas Shoecraft and Elizabeth Imber Shoecraft, [2] McDevitt was born in Coldwater, Michigan , but grew up in Ohio . [3]
Ruth McDevitt (1895-1976) Ruth McDevitt. Delightfully daffy and quite an apple dumpling of a darling, this cheerfully wizened character actress was born Ruth Thane Shoecraft on September 13, 1895, in Michigan but raised in Ohio where her father served as a county sheriff. Ruth's parents, both musicians, encouraged her to perform.
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- Coldwater, Michigan, USA
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- Hollywood, California, USA
Ruth McDevitt. Actress: The Birds. Delightfully daffy and quite an apple dumpling of a darling, this cheerfully wizened character actress was born Ruth Thane Shoecraft on September 13, 1895, in Michigan but raised in Ohio where her father served as a county sheriff. Ruth's parents, both musicians, encouraged her to perform. Graduating from the Wooster University in Ohio, she later studied ...
- September 13, 1895
- May 27, 1976
May 29, 1976 · Miss McDevitt, born Ruth Thane Shoecraft, in Coldwater, Mich., on Sept. 13, 1895, graduated from Bowling Green University in 1914. ... She made her Broadway debut in 1940 in “Young Couple Wanted ...
Ruth McDevitt started off on the popular sitcom "Mister Peepers" (featuring the situational and physical comedy of a high school science teacher). ... Mildred Young (Character) - 1974: No Score ...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetMiss Mumford (Guest Star)100%85%Emily Cowles (Character)No Score Yet88%Unknown (Guest Star)No Score YetNo Score YetUnknown (Guest Star)Ruth Shoecraft was born in Michigan and raised in Ohio, where her father served as a county sheriff. At 20, Shoecraft attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but put her theatrical aspirations on the back burner when she married a Florida widower named Patrick John McDevitt. When her husband died in 1934, Shoecraft returned to the stage ...
McDevitt, Ruth (1895–1976) American stage and screen character actress. Born Ruth Shoecraft, Sept 13, 1895, in Coldwater, Michigan; died May 27, 1976, in Hollywood, CA; m. Patrick John McDevitt (died 1936). Made Broadway debut in Young Couple Wanted (1940), followed by Goodbye in the Night, Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, Sleepy Hollow, Picnic ...