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Ruth Chatterton(1892-1961)

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  • Writer
  • Soundtrack
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Ruth Chatterton in "The Right To Love" 1930 Paramount
The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.
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Frisco Jenny (1932)
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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, including "Hamlet." In the 1950s, she began a successful writing career. She had no children.
BornDecember 24, 1892
DiedNovember 24, 1961(68)
BornDecember 24, 1892
DiedNovember 24, 1961(68)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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Ruth Chatterton in The Lady of Scandal (1930)
Ruth Chatterton, Mary Clare, and Anton Walbrook in The Rat (1937)
Ruth Chatterton and Anton Walbrook in The Rat (1937)
Ruth Chatterton in The Rat (1937)
Clive Brook and Ruth Chatterton in The Laughing Lady (1929)
Ruth Chatterton and Philippe De Lacy in Sarah and Son (1930)
Ruth Chatterton and Fredric March in Sarah and Son (1930)
Ruth Chatterton in Sarah and Son (1930)
Ruth Chatterton and Fredric March in Sarah and Son (1930)
Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello, and Theodore von Eltz in Once a Lady (1931)
Ruth Chatterton and Phillip Reed in Female (1933)
Ruth Chatterton and Phillip Reed in Female (1933)

Known for

Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston in Dodsworth (1936)
Dodsworth
7.8
  • Fran Dodsworth
  • 1936
Ruth Chatterton in The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
The Rich Are Always with Us
6.2
  • Caroline Grannard
  • 1932
George Brent and Ruth Chatterton in Female (1933)
Female
6.7
  • Alison Drake
  • 1933
Ruth Chatterton and Philippe De Lacy in Sarah and Son (1930)
Sarah and Son
5.4
  • Sarah Storm
  • 1930

Credits

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Actress

  • Hamlet
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    Kraft Theatre
  • Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950)
    Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
  • Celanese Theatre (1951)
    Celanese Theatre
  • The Prudential Family Playhouse
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    The Philco Television Playhouse
  • Pierre Blanchar and Ruth Chatterton in A Royal Divorce (1938)
    A Royal Divorce
  • Ruth Chatterton and Anton Walbrook in The Rat (1937)
    The Rat
  • Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston in Dodsworth (1936)
    Dodsworth
  • Herbert Marshall, Ruth Chatterton, and Simone Simon in Girls' Dormitory (1936)
    Girls' Dormitory
  • Ruth Chatterton and Otto Kruger in Lady of Secrets (1936)
    Lady of Secrets
  • Ruth Chatterton, Claire Dodd, and Adolphe Menjou in Journal of a Crime (1934)
    Journal of a Crime
  • George Brent and Ruth Chatterton in Female (1933)
    Female
  • George Brent and Ruth Chatterton in Lilly Turner (1933)
    Lilly Turner
  • Louis Calhern, Ruth Chatterton, Wong Chung, and Harold Huber in Frisco Jenny (1932)
    Frisco Jenny

Writer

  • "Eighty Yard Run, The" (Playhouse 90) Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. 1957 CBS
    Playhouse 90

Soundtrack

  • Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston in Dodsworth (1936)
    Dodsworth
  • Ruth Chatterton in The Lady of Scandal (1930)
    The Lady of Scandal
    • (uncredited)
  • Paramount on Parade (1930)
    Paramount on Parade

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    • December 24, 1892
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • November 24, 1961
    • Norwalk, Connecticut, USA(brain hemorrhage)
    • 1941 - August 19, 1960 (his death)
  • Other works
    Short story: "Ladies' Man".
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    She directed Broadway plays beginning in the 1920s, and translated French works for the American stage. She was also a licensed pilot who flew her own plane cross-country.

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