Ruth Lee
Biography
Ruth Lee was an American actress of stage and film, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1895. She graduated from a dramatic school in that city and spent three years performing at the Shubert Theater in Minneapolis. She went on to act in stock theater for the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and she also worked in New York, where she appeared on Broadway. Her first Broadway appearance came in the chorus of Apple Blossoms (1919), and her last was the role of Muriel Payne in Your Loving Son (1941). Besides her theater career, she acted in films. She died in 1975 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, at the age of 79.
79years old at death
- Born Minneapolis
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 29 years1932 to 1961
Every film, newest first
- 1961Doctor Blood's CoffinIMDb rating 5.0
- 1949Cover UpIMDb rating 6.6
- 1946The StrangerIMDb rating 7.3
- 1932The Rich Are Always with UsIMDb rating 6.2
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First role
Ruth Lee first appeared on Broadway in Apple Blossoms in 1919, singing in the chorus. Her final Broadway part was Muriel Payne in Your Loving Son in 1941.
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Worked with
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Films together
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