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Ruth Hussey
Actor
Born October 30, 1911Died April 19, 2005 (93 years)
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Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story.
After working as an actress in summer stock, she returned to Providence and worked as a radio fashion commentator on a local station. She wrote the ad copy for a Providence clothing store and read it on the radio each afternoon. She was encouraged by a friend to try out for acting roles at the Providence Playhouse. The theater director there turned her down, saying the roles were cast only out of New York City. Later that week, she journeyed to New York City and on her first day there, she signed with a talent agent who booked her for a role in a play starting the next day back at the Providence Playhouse.
In New York City, she also worked for a time as a model. She then landed a number of stage roles with touring companies. Dead End toured the country in 1937 and the last theater on the road trip was at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, where she was spotted on opening night by MGM talent scout Billy Grady. MGM signed her to a players contract and she made her film debut in 1937. She quickly became a leading lady in MGM's "B" unit, usually playing sophisticated, worldly roles. For a 1940 "A" picture role, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Elizabeth Imbrie, the cynical magazine photographer and almost-girlfriend of James Stewart's character Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. In 1941, exhibitors voted her the third-most popular new star in Hollywood.
Hussey also worked with Robert Taylor in Flight Command (1940), Robert Young in Northwest Passage (1940) and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Van Heflin in Tennessee Johnson (1942), Ray Milland in The Uninvited (1944), and Alan Ladd in The Great Gatsby (1949).
In 1946, she starred on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play State of the Union. Her 1949 role in Goodbye, My Fancy on Broadway caused a Billboard reviewer to write: "Miss Hussey brings a splendid aliveness and warmth to the lovely congresswoman...."
She filled in for Jean Arthur in the 1955 Lux Radio Theater presentation of Shane, playing Miriam Start, alongside original film stars Alan Ladd and Van Heflin.
In 1960, she co-starred in The Facts of Life with Bob Hope. Hussey was also active in early television drama.
Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story.
After working as an actress in summer stock, she returned to Providence and worked as a radio fashion commentator on a local station. She wrote the ad copy for a Providence clothing store and read it on the radio each afternoon. She was encouraged by a friend to try out for acting roles at the Providence Playhouse. The theater director there turned her down, saying the roles were cast only out of New York City. Later that week, she journeyed to New York City and on her first day there, she signed with a talent agent who booked her for a role in a play starting the next day back at the Providence Playhouse.
In New York City, she also worked for a time as a model. She then landed a number of stage roles with touring companies. Dead End toured the country in 1937 and the last theater on the road trip was at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, where she was spotted on opening night by MGM talent scout Billy Grady. MGM signed her to a players contract and she made her film debut in 1937. She quickly became a leading lady in MGM's "B" unit, usually playing sophisticated, worldly roles. For a 1940 "A" picture role, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Elizabeth Imbrie, the cynical magazine photographer and almost-girlfriend of James Stewart's character Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. In 1941, exhibitors voted her the third-most popular new star in Hollywood.
Hussey also worked with Robert Taylor in Flight Command (1940), Robert Young in Northwest Passage (1940) and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Van Heflin in Tennessee Johnson (1942), Ray Milland in The Uninvited (1944), and Alan Ladd in The Great Gatsby (1949).
In 1946, she starred on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play State of the Union. Her 1949 role in Goodbye, My Fancy on Broadway caused a Billboard reviewer to write: "Miss Hussey brings a splendid aliveness and warmth to the lovely congresswoman...."
She filled in for Jean Arthur in the 1955 Lux Radio Theater presentation of Shane, playing Miriam Start, alongside original film stars Alan Ladd and Van Heflin.
In 1960, she co-starred in The Facts of Life with Bob Hope. Hussey was also active in early television drama.
Filmography
| 1988 | And God Created Woman · as Elizabeth 'liz' Imbrie In The Philadelphia Story |
| 1973 | The New Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Corinne Warner |
| 1971 | The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV Series) · as Lydia Harper |
| 1970 | The Resurrection of Broncho Billy · as Voice Over |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Laura Benson |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day (TV Series) · as Mrs. Freeman |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) · as Nurse Edie Ramsey |
| 1960 | Joyful Hour · as Mary |
| 1960 | The Facts of Life · as Mary Gilbert |
| 1960 | The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV Series) · as Maid |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Maia |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Paula Hudson |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Nancy |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) · as Bernice Knight |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Mary Haines |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Martha |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Fran Tillman |
| 1954 | Shower of Stars (TV Series) · as Agnes Carroll |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Maxine Smith |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Lady Wants Mink · as Nora Connors |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Emma |
| 1952 | Stars and Stripes Forever · as Jennie Sousa |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Allison Scott |
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country · as Christine Powell |
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre (TV Series) · as Cora Simon |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Department Store Owner |
| 1951 | That's My Boy · as Ann Jackson |
| 1951 | |
| 1950 | Mr. Music · as Lorna Marvis |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Isabel Amberson |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Polly Baxter |
| 1950 | Louisa · as Meg Norton |
| 1949 | Family Theatre (TV Series) · as The Virgin Mary |
| 1949 | The Great Gatsby · as Jordan Baker |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Nancy Edison |
| 1948 | I, Jane Doe · as Eve Meredith Curtis |
| 1945 | Bedside Manner · as Dr. Hedy Fredericks, Md |
| 1944 | The Uninvited · as Pamela Fitzgerald |
| 1944 | Marine Raiders · as Lt. Ellen Foster |
| 1943 | Tender Comrade · as Barbara Thomas |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson · as Eliza Mccardle Johnson |
| 1942 | Pierre of the Plains · as Daisy Denton |
| 1941 | Married Bachelor · as Norma Haven |
| 1941 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. · as Cordelia 'kay' Motford Pulham |
| 1941 | Our Wife · as Professor Susan Drake |
| 1941 | Free and Easy · as Martha Gray |
| 1940 | Flight Command · as Lorna Gray |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story · as Elizabeth 'liz' Imbrie |
| 1940 | Susan and God · as Charlotte |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage · as Elizabeth Browne |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man · as Dorothy Waters |
| 1939 | Fast and Furious · as Lily Cole |
| 1939 | Blackmail · as Helen Ingram |
| 1939 | The Women · as Miss Wattson |
| 1939 | Maisie · as Sybil Ames |
| 1939 | Within the Law · as Mary Turner |
| 1939 | Honolulu · as Eve |
| 1938 | Spring Madness · as Kate Mckim |
| 1938 | Time Out for Murder · as Peggy Norton, Victim |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as Duchess De Polignac (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Rich Man, Poor Girl · as Joan Thayer |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss · as Nadine Piermont |
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children · as Margaret Lee |
| 1938 | Man-Proof · as Jane (dialogue Scenes Deleted) |
| 1937 | Madame X · as Annette |
| 1937 | Big City · as Mayor's Secretary (uncredited) |