Ruth Nelson
American actress (1905-1992) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 87
Ruth Gloria Nelson was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Wilson, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Humoresque, 3 Women, The Late Show and Awakenings. She was the fourth wife of John Cromwell, with whom she acted on multiple occasions.
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AwakeningsFilm, Mrs. Lowe1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreFilm1983
The Haunting PassionFilm, Judith Granville1981
SkokieFilm, Grandma Jannsen1980
A Christmas Without SnowFilm, Inez1978
A WeddingFilm, Aunt Beatrice Sloan Cory1977
3 WomenFilm, Mrs. Rose1948
Arch of TriumphFilm, Madame Fessier1947
HumoresqueFilm, Esther Boray1946
Sentimental JourneyFilm, Mrs. McMasters1945
A Tree Grows in BrooklynFilm, Miss McDonough1944
None Shall EscapeFilm, Alice Grimm1943
The North StarFilm, Nadya Simonov1941
One Round JonesFilm1905Born2 August 1905People around Ruth
Elia Kazan Directed A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Robert Altman Produced 3 Women and A Wedding
Lewis Milestone Directed Arch of Triumph and The North Star
Alfred Newman Wrote Wilson and The Keys of the Kingdom
John M. Stahl Directed The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Anne Baxter Also in The North Star and Mother Wore Tights
Vincent Price Also in Wilson and The Keys of the Kingdom
Peggy Ann Garner Also in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Walter Lang Directed Mother Wore Tights (1947)
Lamar Trotti Produced Mother Wore Tights (1947)
Art Smith Also in None Shall Escape and Arch of Triumph
Blake Edwards Also in Till the End of Time (1946)
Samuel Goldwyn Produced The North Star (1943)
Maxwell Anderson Directed The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
Cedric Hardwicke Also in Wilson and The Keys of the Kingdom
Sara Allgood Also in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Ruth Ford Also in Wilson and The Keys of the Kingdom
Kurt Kreuger Also in None Shall Escape (1944)
Charles Halton Also in Wilson and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Craig Richard Nelson Also in 3 Women and A Wedding
William Eythe Also in Wilson and The Eve of St. Mark
James Bell Also in The Sea of Grass (1947)
Lawrence Lasker Produced Awakenings (1991)- Robert Fortier Also in 3 Women and A Wedding
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Awakenings 1990
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945
3 Women 1977
The Keys of the Kingdom 1944
Humoresque 1947
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