Ruth White
Date of birth: 1914-04-24
Place of birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ruth Patricia White
Biography
Ruth Patricia White (April 24, 1914 – December 3, 1969) in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA as Ruth Patricia White. She was an actress, known for Du silence et des ombres... (1962),Macadam cowboy (1969) and Pendez-les haut et court (1968). She died on December 3, 1969 in Perth Amboy. Her death, from cancer, was sudden and unexpected. She spent the final decade of her life as one of New York's most highly praised character actresses. She had sacrificed her career to care for an ailing parent, and when she returned to acting, she was in her mid-30s, overweight and without much promise of reviving her career. However, she scored great successes in the off-Broadway plays of Samuel Beckett (most notably "Happy Days"), appeared in Edward Albee's "Malcolm" (1966) and "Box" (1968), and earned a Tony nomination for her role in Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party" (1968). She earned an Emmy nomination for her role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "Little Moon of Alban".
Movie Credits
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962-12-20
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti
Midnight Cowboy
1969-05-25
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he
Hang 'em High
1968-04-12
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To c
The Reivers
1969-12-20
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends
The Nun's Story
1959-06-18
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to h
Edge of the City
1957-01-04
A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrup
Charly
1968-09-23
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968-03-20
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims.
Up the Down Staircase
1967-06-28
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an ap
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965-01-12
Henry Thomas tries to overcome the horrors of his childhood and start a new life with his wife and k
A Rage to Live
1965-10-20
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble r
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966-03-30
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is di
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971-02-23
William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much
The Tiger Makes Out
1967-08-18
During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living
A Lovely Way to Die
1968-04-19
A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich
Lullaby
1960-01-18
Truck driver Johnny Horton and cigarette girl Eadie elope after a hasty romance, but after the weddi
Summer Pavilion
1955-05-02
In an old Louisiana plantation, the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matria
Johnny Belinda
1967-10-22
In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she i
Let Me Hear You Whisper
1969-05-23
A scrub-woman attempts to rescue a dolphin who will talk to no one but her from a research laborator