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Ruth Chatterton (1892–1961)

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Beginning as a chorus girl at age 14, Ruth Chatterton became a Broadway star with "Daddy Long Legs" in 1914. She appeared in such shows as "Mary Rose" and "Come Out of the Kitchen" before moving to Hollywood in 1925. As her film career faded in the late 1930s, she returned to the stage in revivals, and radio and TV performances... See full bio »

Born:

in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 68) in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Still of Ruth Chatterton in Frisco Jenny Ruth Chatterton, DODSWORTH, United Artists, 1936, **I.V. Still of Ruth Chatterton, Harold Huber and James Murray in Frisco Jenny
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1953 Hamlet (TV movie)
Gertrude
 
1953 Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series)
Gertrude
– Hamlet (1953) … Gertrude
 
1952 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Paper Moon (1952)
 
1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– Alison's House (1952)
 
1951 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
Kit Marlowe
– Old Acquaintance (1951) … Kit Marlowe
 
1950 The Prudential Family Playhouse (TV series)
Fran Dodsworth
– Dodsworth (1950) … Fran Dodsworth
 
1948 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Suspect (1948)
 
1938 A Royal Divorce
Josephine de Beauharnais
 
1937 The Rat
Zelia de Chaumont
 
1936 Dodsworth
Fran Dodsworth
 
1936 Girls' Dormitory
Professor Anna Mathe
 
1936 Lady of Secrets
Celia Whittaker
 
1934 Journal of a Crime
Francoise Mollet
 
1933 Female
Alison Drake
 
1933 Lilly Turner
Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon
 
1932 Frisco Jenny
Frisco Jenny Sandoval
 
1932 The Crash
Linda Gault
 
1932 The Rich Are Always with Us
Caroline Grannard
 
1932 Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Eve Redman
 
1931 Once a Lady
Anna Keremazoff
 
1931 The Magnificent Lie
Poll
 
1931 Unfaithful
Lady Fay Kilkerry
 
1930 The Right to Love
Brooks Evans/Naomi Kellogg
 
1930 Anybody's Woman
Pansy Gray
 
1930 The Lady of Scandal
Elsie Hilary
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Floozie (The Montmartre Girl)
 
1930 Sarah and Son
Sarah Storm
 
1929 The Laughing Lady
Marjorie Lee
 
1929 Madame X
Jacqueline Floriot
 
1929 Charming Sinners
Kathryn Miles
 
1929 The Dummy
Agnes Meredith
 
1929 The Doctor's Secret
Lillian Garson
 
1928 Sins of the Fathers
Greta Blanke
 
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1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Homeward Borne (1957) (novel)
 
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1930 Paramount on Parade (performer: "My Marine")
 
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1951 The 23th Annual Academy Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter: Best Writing Awards
 
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2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
Alison Drake
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
Herself
 
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Height:

5' 2½" (1.59 m)
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In 1930 she was considered for the role of Nancy in a possible MGM film version of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," but the studio never made the film. It would have been the first sound version of a Dickens novel. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn