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Ruth Warrick

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Ruth Warrick

Born June 29, 1916 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USADied January 15, 200532 films

Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick (June 29, 1916 – January 15, 2005), DM, was a long-time American singer, Hollywood Golden-Age actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children, which she played regularly from 1970 until her death in 2005.

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She celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of Citizen Kane to a packed, standing-room-only audience, to which she spoke afterward. (She made her film debut as Kane's first wife.) Over the years, she collected several books about Orson Welles and Citizen Kane, in which she would write "Property of Ruth Warrick, Mrs. Citizen Kane".

She served as a Licensed Unity Teacher.

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Song of the South poster6.5Song of the South1946Journey into Fear poster6.1Journey into Fear1943Daisy Kenyon poster6.6Daisy Kenyon1947

Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. 1985Peyton Place: The Next GenerationHannah Cord
  2. 1984DeathmaskBeatrice VandenBerg
  3. 1983The ReturningGrace
  4. 1969The Great Bank RobberyMrs. Applebee
  5. 1968How to Steal the WorldAlice Garrow
  6. 1966Ride Beyond VengeanceAunt Gussie
  7. 1965A Letter to NancyMrs. Helen Reed
  8. 1954Roogie's BumpMrs. Rigsby
  9. 1950One Too ManyHelen Mason
  10. 1950Let's DanceCarola Everett
  11. 1950Three HusbandsJane Evans
  12. 1950Second ChanceEmily Dean
  13. 1950Beauty on ParadeMarian Medford
  14. 1949The Great Dan PatchRuth Treadwell
  15. 1949Make Believe BallroomLiza Lee
  16. 1948Arch of TriumphKate Bergstroem
  17. 1947Daisy KenyonLucille O'Mara
  18. 1947DriftwoodSusan Moore
  19. 1946Swell GuyAnn Duncan
  20. 1946Song of the SouthSally
  21. 1946Perilous HolidayAgnes Stuart
  22. 1945China SkyDr. Sara Durand
  23. 1944Guest in the HouseAnn Proctor
  24. 1944Secret CommandLea Damaron
  25. 1944Mr. Winkle Goes to WarAmy Winkle
  26. 1943The Iron MajorFlorence Ayres Cavanaugh
  27. 1943Petticoat LarcenyPat Mitchell
  28. 1943Forever and a DayLesley Trimble
  29. 1943Journey into FearMrs. Stephanie Graham
  30. 1942Obliging Young LadyLinda Norton
  31. 1942The Corsican BrothersCountess Isabelle Gravini
  32. 1941Citizen KaneEmily Norton Kane