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Ruth Roman (1922–1999)

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Ruth Roman was the youngest of three daughters born to Polish-Russian (some sources say Lithuanian) émigré parents. Her father, a carnival barker, died when she was still a small child, forcing her mother to support the family by working as a waitress and cleaning woman. Ruth grew up in the poor tenement district of Boston... See full bio »

Born:

Norma Roman
in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Laguna Beach, California, USA
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1987-1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Loretta Spiegel / Loretta Speigel
– Town Father (1989) … Loretta Spiegel
– The Sins of Castle Cove (1989) … Loretta Spiegel
– If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly (1987) … Loretta Speigel
 
1986-1987 Knots Landing (TV series)
Sylvia Lean
– My True Love (1987) … Sylvia Lean
– The Inside Man (1986) … Sylvia Lean
– Touch and Go (1986) … Sylvia Lean
– A Turn of Events (1986) … Sylvia Lean
– Over the Edge (1986) … Sylvia Lean
See all 17 episodes »
 
1983 Echoes
Michael's Mother
 
1980 Willow B: Women in Prison (TV movie)
Sgt. Pritchett
 
1980 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Mistress of the Harem
– My Fair Pharaoh/The Power (1980) … Mistress of the Harem
 
1979 The Sacketts (TV movie)
Rosie
 
1977 Day of the Animals
Mrs. Shirley Goodwyn
 
1977 Police Woman (TV series)
– Disco Killer (1977)
 
1976 Harry O (TV series)
Ethel Martel
– Death Certificate (1976) … Ethel Martel
 
1974 Punch and Jody (TV movie)
Lil Charny
 
1974 A Knife for the Ladies
Elizabeth
 
1974 Cannon (TV series)
Rhonda
– Flashpoint (1974) … Rhonda
 
1974 Impulse
Julia Marstow
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Rhoda Norman
– A Dream Within a Dream (1974) … Rhoda Norman
 
1973 Hec Ramsey (TV series)
Della Redsmith
– A Hard Road to Vengeance (1973) … Della Redsmith
 
1973 Faraday and Company (TV series)
Paula Sanford
– Say Hello to a Dead Man (1973) … Paula Sanford
 
1973 Cops (TV movie)
Wanda Burke
 
1973 The Baby
Mrs. Wadsworth
 
1973 Go Ask Alice (TV movie)
Psychiatrist
 
1973 The Killing Kind
Rhea Benson
 
1972 Mod Squad (TV series)
Irene
– Belinda, End of Little Miss Bubble Gum (1972) … Irene
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Mrs. Cloister
– Once Upon a Chilling (1972) … Mrs. Cloister
 
1971 Ironside (TV series)
May Joyce Skinner
– Gentle Oaks (1971) … May Joyce Skinner
 
1969-1971 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Maggie Blaisedell / Flo Watson
– Waste: Part 2 (1971) … Maggie Blaisedell
– Waste: Part 1 (1971) … Maggie Blaisedell
– Coreyville (1969) … Flo Watson
 
1971 Incident in San Francisco (TV movie)
Sophia Cianelli
 
1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Margie
– The Angus Killer (1971) … Margie
 
1971 Mannix (TV series)
Victoria Parrish
– The Judas Touch (1971) … Victoria Parrish
 
1970 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (TV movie)
Lois
 
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Dr. Margaret
– Diagnosis: Fear (1969) … Dr. Margaret
 
1969 The Outcasts (TV series)
Jade
– The Town That Wouldn't (1969) … Jade
 
1968 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Riva Santel
– The Elixir (1968) … Riva Santel
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Bea Decker
– Witness (1968) … Bea Decker
 
1968 Premiere (TV series)
Mrs. Winters
– Crisis (1968) … Mrs. Winters
 
1967 I Spy (TV series)
Maria
– Let's Kill Karlovassi (1967) … Maria
 
1967 Tarzan (TV series)
Madiline Riker
– The Ultimatum (1967) … Madiline Riker
 
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Dolly X
– The Furnace Flats Affair (1967) … Dolly X
 
1967 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Julie Sinclair
– The Courier (1967) … Julie Sinclair
 
1965-1966 The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)
Minnie Littlejohn
– Man with Two Faces (1966) … Minnie Littlejohn
– Carlotta, Come Home (1966) … Minnie Littlejohn
– Crisis (1966) … Minnie Littlejohn
– Blaze of Glory (1966) … Minnie Littlejohn
– Reunion - Italian Style (1966) … Minnie Littlejohn
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1965 The Bing Crosby Show (TV series)
Amanda Rankin
– Real Estate Venture (1965) … Amanda Rankin
 
1965 Love Has Many Faces
Margot Eliot
 
1963-1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Lily Prentice / Marie Quincy
– A Candle in the Window (1964) … Lily Prentice
– Four Feet in the Morning (1963) … Marie Quincy
 
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Prof. Diana Brice
– Moonstone (1964) … Prof. Diana Brice
 
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Hite
– The Candidate (1963) … Mrs. Hite
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
Alicia Howard
– Who Is Mimi, What Is She? (1963) … Alicia Howard
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Clara Porter / Marie Quincy
– Four Feet in the Morning (1963) … Marie Quincy
– Advice to the Lovelorn and Shopworn (1963) … Clara Porter
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Elinor Albrick
– Who Killed Harris Crown? (1963) … Elinor Albrick
 
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
Inge Johansen
– Silent Love, Secret Love (1963) … Inge Johansen
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
Alma Hawkes
– In the Closing of a Trunk (1963) … Alma Hawkes
 
1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Florence Haney
– Green Room, Grey Morning (1963) … Florence Haney
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Adelaide 'Addie' Strain
– What Really Happened (1963) … Adelaide 'Addie' Strain
 
1962 The Defenders (TV series)
Martha Harrow
– The Voices of Death (1962) … Martha Harrow
 
1962 Milagro a los cobardes
Rubén's mother
 
1962 Bus Stop (TV series)
Louisa
– Turn Home Again (1962) … Louisa
 
1961 The Untouchables (TV series)
Georgiana Drake
– Man Killer (1961) … Georgiana Drake
 
1961 Look in Any Window
Jackie Fowler
 
1960 Naked City (TV series)
Walda Price
– The Human Trap (1960) … Walda Price
 
1955-1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Helen Mattson / Stella Kragoyan
– The Book of Silence (1960) … Stella Kragoyan
– Into the Night (1955) … Helen Mattson
 
1959 The Philadelphia Story (TV movie)
Liz Imbrie
 
1959 Bonanza (TV series)
Adah Isaacs Menken
– The Magnificent Adah (1959) … Adah Isaacs Menken
 
1959 Desert Desperados
The Woman
 
1958 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Martha Benton
– He Came for the Money (1958) … Martha Benton
 
1957 Bitter Victory
Jane Brand
 
1957 5 Steps to Danger
Ann Nicholson
 
1956 Rebel in Town
Nora Willoughby
 
1955-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Connie Wilson / Shawn Adams
– Panic (1956) … Shawn Adams
– The Lilac Bush (1955) … Connie Wilson
 
1956 Great Day in the Morning
Boston Grant
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– A Letter from the Past (1956)
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Suzan Wayne
– Spin Into Darkness (1956) … Suzan Wayne
 
1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
Nora Martin
 
1955 Joe MacBeth
Lily MacBeth
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Darkness at Noon (1955)
 
1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Queen of Mars
– Queen of Mars (1955) … Queen of Mars
 
1955 Man on a Bus (short)
 
1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Lorna Gorman
– The Chase (1954) … Lorna Gorman
 
1954 Down Three Dark Streets
Kate Martell
 
1954 The Far Country
Ronda Castle
 
1954 The Shanghai Story
Rita King
 
1954 Tanganyika
Peggy Marion
 
1953 Blowing Wild
Sal Donnelly
 
1952 Young Man with Ideas
Julie Webster
 
1952 Mara Maru
Stella Callahan
 
1952 Invitation
Maud Redwick
 
1951 Starlift
Ruth Roman
 
1951 Tomorrow Is Another Day
Catherine 'Cay' Higgins
 
1951 Strangers on a Train
Anne Morton
 
1951 Lightning Strikes Twice
Shelley Carnes
 
1950 Dallas
Tonia Robles
 
1950 Three Secrets
Ann Lawrence
 
1950 Colt .45
Beth Donovan
 
1950 Barricade
Judith Burns
 
1949 Always Leave Them Laughing
Fay Washburn
 
1949 Beyond the Forest
Carol Lawson
 
1949 The Window
Mrs. Jean Kellerson
 
1949 Champion
Emma
 
1948 Belle Starr's Daughter
Rose of Cimarron, Belle Starr's Daughter
 
1948 Good Sam
Ruth 'Ruthie'
 
1948 The Big Clock
Secretary at Meeting (uncredited)
 
1947 The Web (uncredited)
 
1946 A Night in Casablanca
Harem girl (uncredited)
 
1946 Without Reservations
Girl in Negligee (uncredited)
 
1946 Gilda
Girl (uncredited)
 
1945 Incendiary Blonde
Chorine (uncredited)
 
1945 You Came Along
Gloria Revere (uncredited)
 
1945 The Affairs of Susan
Girl at Bright Dollar (uncredited)
 
1945 See My Lawyer
Mud Girl (uncredited)
 
1945 Jungle Queen
Lothel, Jungle Queen
 
1945 She Gets Her Man
Glamour Girl (uncredited)
 
1944 Harmony Trail
Ann Martin
 
1944 Storm Over Lisbon
Checkroom Girl (uncredited)
 
1944 Song of Nevada
Dancer (uncredited)
 
1944 Since You Went Away
Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)
 
1944 Ladies Courageous
WAF (uncredited)
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Girl (uncredited)
 
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1949 Always Leave Them Laughing (performer: "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" 1932 - uncredited, "This Is Not Goodbye" 1949 - uncredited, "Carolina in the Morning" 1922 - uncredited, "I Got Rhythm" 1930 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (short)
Herself
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1956 Jungle Safari
Lothel, the Jungle Queen
 

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