Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

Born: July 7, 1911
Died: August 12, 2009
in Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA

Movies for Ruth Ford...

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Title: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character: Self - Actress (archive footage)
Released: December 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
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Too Much Johnson
Title: Too Much Johnson
Character: Mrs. Billings
Released: October 9, 2013
Type: Movie
This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.
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Too Scared to Scream
Title: Too Scared to Scream
Character: Irma Hornady
Released: September 28, 1984
Type: Movie
A killer is brutally attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.
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The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Title: The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Character: Geneva Read
Released: August 20, 1982
Type: Movie
In 1880, a little girl is sent to Nantucket Island to live with her grandmother. She discovers, however, that her grandmother is an odd woman who has some strange habits, one of which is keeping a vigil for a lover of many years ago who went out to sea one day and never returned.
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Play It as It Lays
Title: Play It as It Lays
Character: Carlotta
Released: October 19, 1972
Type: Movie
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
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The Tree
Title: The Tree
Character: Mrs. Gagnon
Released: June 9, 1969
Type: Movie
A directionless and emotionally scarred young man kidnaps his niece, the daughter of his sister with whom he has a difficult past.
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Screen Test [ST107]: Ruth Ford
Title: Screen Test [ST107]: Ruth Ford
Released: August 10, 1964
Type: Movie
Ruth Ford has been placed in three-quarter profile against a white background, under instructions to keep still and try not to blink. With her head held high, she maintains her pose, only occasionally raising an eyebrow or blinking briefly. By the end her eyes are filled with tears from the effort.
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Act One
Title: Act One
Character: Beatrice Kaufman
Released: December 26, 1963
Type: Movie
This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic writer until he concentrates his efforts on writing comedy. He suffers through a series of professional and romantic failures before a meeting with George S. Kaufman which changes his fortunes.
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Title: The Chevy Mystery Show
Character: Julie McCormick
Released: May 29, 1960
Type: TV
The Chevy Mystery Show is an American television anthology series featuring a different mystery each week that aired on NBC in 1960 as a summer replacement.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Mrs. Rydecker
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: The Duchess
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Title: Suspense
Released: January 6, 1949
Type: TV
Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from 1942 to 1962. Like many early television programs, the show was broadcast live from New York City. It was sponsored by the Auto-Lite corporation, and each episode was introduced by host Rex Marshall, who promoted Auto-Lite spark plugs, car batteries, headlights, and other car parts. Some of the early scripts were adapted from Suspense radio scripts, while others were original for television. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed. Many notable actors appeared on the program, including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Franchot Tone, Robert Emhardt, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, and many more. The program was a live television series, but most episodes were recorded on kinescope. However, only about 90 of the 260 episodes survive today.
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Title: Studio One
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Calpurnia
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Julia
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Dragonwyck
Title: Dragonwyck
Character: Cornelia Van Borden (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1946
Type: Movie
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
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Strange Impersonation
Title: Strange Impersonation
Character: Jane Karaski #1
Released: March 16, 1946
Type: Movie
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
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Woman Who Came Back
Title: Woman Who Came Back
Character: Ruth Gibson
Released: December 13, 1945
Type: Movie
A young woman is tormented by the belief that she is the victim of a witch's curse.
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Circumstantial Evidence
Title: Circumstantial Evidence
Character: Mrs. Simms
Released: April 20, 1945
Type: Movie
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
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The Keys of the Kingdom
Title: The Keys of the Kingdom
Character: Sister Clotilde
Released: December 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
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Wilson
Title: Wilson
Character: Margaret Wilson
Released: August 1, 1944
Type: Movie
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations.
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Princess O'Rourke
Title: Princess O'Rourke
Character: Clare Stillwell (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1943
Type: Movie
A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.
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Adventure in Iraq
Title: Adventure in Iraq
Character: Tess Torrence
Released: September 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
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Murder on the Waterfront
Title: Murder on the Waterfront
Character: Lana Shane
Released: September 18, 1943
Type: Movie
A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
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Air Force
Title: Air Force
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1943
Type: Movie
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
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Truck Busters
Title: Truck Busters
Character: Pearl Dorgan
Released: January 28, 1943
Type: Movie
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked trucking company exec to bring all drivers under his control. When the trucker's brother dies in an "accident" arranged by the trucking company's henchmen, he takes matters into his own hands
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The Gorilla Man
Title: The Gorilla Man
Character: Janet Devon
Released: January 16, 1943
Type: Movie
A wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
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The Hidden Hand
Title: The Hidden Hand
Character: Estelle Channing
Released: November 7, 1942
Type: Movie
Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arise when another murderer arrives on the scene and plants the blame on John.
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Across the Pacific
Title: Across the Pacific
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveller Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.
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Escape from Crime
Title: Escape from Crime
Character: Myrt - Slim's Moll
Released: July 25, 1942
Type: Movie
An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.
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Men of the Sky
Title: Men of the Sky
Character: Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart
Released: July 25, 1942
Type: Movie
A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.
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The Devil's Trail
Title: The Devil's Trail
Character: Ella
Released: May 14, 1942
Type: Movie
Our heroes head to a wide-open town in search of a gang of desperadoes, headed by swarthy Noah Beery Jr. Along the way, Elliot and Ritter find time to pitch woo to leading lady Eileen O'Hearn. The Devil's Trail was based on a story with the more intriguing title "The Town in Hell's Backyard."
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In This Our Life
Title: In This Our Life
Character: Mother of Accident Victim (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1942
Type: Movie
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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Murder in the Big House
Title: Murder in the Big House
Character: Irene Gordon
Released: April 11, 1942
Type: Movie
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
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Lady Gangster
Title: Lady Gangster
Character: Lucy Fenton
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, she is thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners don't have the same ideas.
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The Lady Is Willing
Title: The Lady Is Willing
Character: Myrtle
Released: February 12, 1942
Type: Movie
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.
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The Man Who Returned to Life
Title: The Man Who Returned to Life
Released: February 5, 1942
Type: Movie
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
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Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Title: Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Character: Helene de Leon
Released: November 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.
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Roaring Frontiers
Title: Roaring Frontiers
Character: Reba Bailey
Released: October 15, 1941
Type: Movie
U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok arrives in Goldfield to arrest Tex Martin, who has been accused of murdering the sheriff. "Hawk" Hammond, the man behind the sheriff's killing, sends his legions of henchmen to lynch Tex before the trail. Wild Bill and Tex escape to a stagecoach rest station run by Reba Bailey. There is a showdown battle at Hammond's saloon but not before Tex gets to sing two songs followed by a third one after the battle.