Ruth Attaway
Biography
Ruth Attaway was an American actress who worked on stage and in film, born in Greenville, Mississippi, and studied sociology at the University of Illinois. She broke into Broadway in 1936 with You Can't Take It with You, a play that had won the Pulitzer Prize. She was the first person to direct the New York Players Guild, and from 1954 to 1955 she played Anna Hicks in the National Theater production of Mrs. Patterson. From 1964 to 1967 she worked with the Repertory Society of Lincoln Center. Her screen debut came as Moll in The President's Lady (1953), and her film work later included Raintree County (1957), Conrack (1974), Being There (1979) and Porgy and Bess (1959). On television she played Delia in The Bermuda Depths (1978), and between acting jobs she also worked as a social worker.
77years old at death
- Born Greenville
- Died New York City
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 22 years1957 to 1979
Every film, newest first
- 1979Being ThereIMDb rating 7.9
- 1978The Bermuda DepthsIMDb rating 5.6
- 1959Porgy and BessIMDb rating 6.9
- 1957Raintree CountyIMDb rating 6.3
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A first
In 1945, a black repertory theater company called the New York Players Guild was formed in New York. Attaway served as its first director.
First role
In 1936, Attaway first appeared on Broadway in You Can't Take It with You, a play that won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Worked with
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Films together
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All films by Hal Ashby
Edward DmytrykDirector, 1 film, 1957
All films by Edward Dmytryk
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