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Ruth Nelson

Actor

Ruth Nelson

Born August 2, 1905 in Saginaw, Michigan, USADied September 12, 199222 films

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Awakenings posterFirst watchAwakenings19907.8as Mrs. LoweDr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
3 Women poster7.13 Women1977A Tree Grows in Brooklyn poster7.5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945Humoresque poster7.0Humoresque1947The Keys of the Kingdom poster7.1The Keys of the Kingdom1944The Late Show poster6.3The Late Show1977A Wedding poster6.3A Wedding1978Shock poster5.9Shock1946

Filmography

22 films as actor
  1. 1990AwakeningsMrs. Lowe
  2. 1983The Haunting PassionJudith Granville
  3. 1981SkokieGrandma Jannsen
  4. 1980A Christmas Without SnowInez
  5. 1978A WeddingAunt Beatrice Sloan Cory
  6. 19773 WomenMrs. Rose
  7. 1977The Late ShowMrs. Schmidt
  8. 1948Arch of TriumphMadame Fessier
  9. 1947Mother Wore TightsMiss Ridgeway
  10. 1947The Sea of GrassSelina Hall
  11. 1947HumoresqueEsther Boray
  12. 1946Till the End of TimeAmy Harper
  13. 1946Sentimental JourneyMrs. McMasters
  14. 1946ShockMargaret Cross (voice) (uncredited)
  15. 1945The Girl of the LimberlostKate Comstock
  16. 1945A Tree Grows in BrooklynMiss McDonough
  17. 1944The Keys of the KingdomMrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother
  18. 1944WilsonEllen Wilson
  19. 1944The Eve of St. MarkNell West
  20. 1944None Shall EscapeAlice Grimm
  21. 1943The North StarNadya Simonov
  22. 1941One Round Jones