Sondra Locke said that during the 14 years she lived with Ruth's son Clint Eastwood, she never observed the two of them really "talking" and wondered why, when Ruth visited overnight, she often brought her own bedsheets.
Had at least 10 grandchildren, two from Jeanne and at least eight from Clint. Most of Clint's children were not acknowledged publicly during Ruth's lifetime, however.
She was a daughter of Virginia May McClanahan and Waldo Errol Runner. Her father was from Colorado. Her mother was from Missouri.
Passed away 40 days after Roxanne Tunis' mother Theresa. Theresa and Ruth were the grandmothers of Kimber Eastwood.
Her real name was Margret as in Ann-Margret (not "Margaret" as in Margaret Thatcher). This according to state birth records.