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American actress (1922–1999)

Ruth Roman
Roman in 1951
Built-in	Norma Roman[i] (1922-12-22)December 22, 1922[ citation needed ] Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 9, 1999(1999-09-09) (aged 76) Laguna Beach, California, U.South.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1943–1989
Spouse(due south)	Jack Flaxman ​ ​ (k. 1939; div. 1941)​ [2] Mortimer Hall ​ ​ (m. 1950; div. 1956)​ Bud Burton Moss ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1960)​ William Ross Wilson ​ (chiliad. 1976)​
Children	i
Relatives	Dorothy Schiff (mother in law)
Awards	1959 Sarah Siddons Award

Ruth Roman (built-in Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999)^[3] was an American actress of flick, stage, and television.

After playing phase roles on the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. She appeared in several uncredited bit parts before she was cast as the leading lady in the western Harmony Trail (1944) and in the title role in the serial picture Jungle Queen (1945), her beginning credited moving picture performances.

Roman outset starred in the title office of Belle Starr's Daughter (1948). She achieved her first notable success with a office in The Window (1949) and a yr later on was nominated for the Gilt World Honor for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in Champion (1949).^[4] In the early 1950s, she was under contract to Warner Bros., where she starred in a variety of films, including the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).

In the mid-1950s, later leaving Warner Bros., Roman connected to star in films and also began playing invitee roles for goggle box serial. She also worked abroad and made films in England, Italy, and Kingdom of spain. She was also a rider aboard the SS Andrea Doria when it collided with another send and sank in 1956. In 1959, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in the play Two for the Seesaw. Her numerous television appearances earned her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[5]

Early life and stage experience [edit]

Norma Roman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Mary Pauline (née Gilded) and Abraham "Anthony" Roman.^{[i] [6]} She was renamed "Ruth" when a fortune teller told her female parent that "Norma" was an unlucky proper name. Her mother was a dancer, and her father a barker in a carnival sideshow that they endemic at Revere Beach, Massachusetts. She had ii older sisters, Ann and Eve.^[1] Her male parent died when Ruth was eight, and her mother sold the sideshow. Subsequently, she attended the William Blackstone School and Girls' Loftier School in Boston.^[7] She then pursued her want to become an extra by enrolling in the prestigious Bishop Lee Dramatic School in Boston. Later farther enhancing her skills performing with the New England Repertory Visitor and the Elizabeth Peabody Players,^[8] Roman moved to New York City, where she hoped to observe success on Broadway. Instead, she worked equally a cigarette girl, a chapeau check daughter, and a model to make a living and save coin.^[seven]

Career [edit]

Roman moved to Hollywood, where she obtained bit parts in several films such every bit Stage Door Bottle (1943), Ladies Mettlesome (1944), Since You lot Went Away (1944), Song of Nevada (1944), and Storm Over Lisbon (1944). She had a featured role in a Harmony Trail (1944), just continued to be more often than not unbilled in films such as She Gets Her Man (1945).

Roman was cast in the title office in the thirteen-episode serial Jungle Queen (1945).^[9] Her roles, though, remained pocket-sized in such films every bit See My Lawyer (1945), The Affairs of Susan (1945), You Came Forth (1945), Incendiary Blonde (1945), Gilda (1946), Without Reservations (1946), A Dark in Casablanca (1946), and The Big Clock (1948). While waiting for an opportunity in movies, Roman wrote short stories based on her experiences living in a theatrical boarding business firm. She sold ii of them: The House of the Seven Garbos and The Whip Song. ^[7]

Roman's career began to improve in the belatedly 1940s when she was cast in a featured office in the 1948 release Good Sam. The next year, she was chosen for the title role in Belle Starr's Daughter, as a killer in the thriller The Window, and as the wife of the central character in Champion, starring Kirk Douglas.

Warner Bros. [edit]

In recognition of Roman'due south rising status as an actress, Warner Bros. signed her to a long-term contract in 1949, casting her first every bit a supporting role player for Bette Davis in Beyond the Wood then for Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo in Always Go out Them Laughing. The studio in 1950 bandage her as the female lead in Barricade with Dane Clark and Colt .45 with Randolph Scott.

Warners gave her a starring part in 3 Secrets (1950) with Eleanor Parker and Patricia Neal. She played a distraught female parent waiting to learn whether or not her child survived an airplane crash. This was followed by Dallas (1950), wherein she was Gary Cooper'southward leading lady. The May 1, 1950, event of Life magazine featured Roman in a cover story "The Rapid Rise of Ruth Roman".^[10]

Roman got top billing in Lightning Strikes Twice (1951), directed by King Vidor with Richard Todd. She was Farley Granger's dearest interest in Strangers on a Train (1951), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Roman was pinnacle-billed equally well in the 1951 thriller Tomorrow Is Another Day, co-starring Steve Cochran. That year, she was also one of many Warners stars in Starlift, the studio's musical tribute to United states armed services personnel fighting in the Korean War.

She was loaned to MGM for Invitation (1952), and then co-starred with Errol Flynn in a B action film, Mara Maru (1952). She went back to MGM to play Glenn Ford's dear interest in Immature Man with Ideas (1952) and was reunited with Cooper in Blowing Wild (1953), only this fourth dimension she was billed beneath Barbara Stanwyck.

Mail-Warners [edit]

Roman went to Universal to play Van Heflin's love interest in Tanganyika (1954). At Universal she was a dear involvement to James Stewart in the Anthony Mann-directed western The Far Land (1955) and at Republic was top billed in The Shanghai Story (1954) with Edmond O'Brien.

Roman did Downwards Three Nighttime Streets (1954) with Broderick Crawford, and started appearing on TV in shows like Lux Video Theatre, The Cherry-red Skelton Hour, Producers' Showcase, Climax!, General Electric Theatre, Glory Playhouse, The Ford Tv Theatre and Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre.

Roman had a proficient part in England in Joe MacBeth (1955) playing Lady MacBeth, and she was with Van Johnson in The Lesser of the Bottle (1956) and Mayo in Corking 24-hour interval in the Morning (1956).

Roman appeared in the western Rebel in Boondocks (1956) and was pinnacle-billed in 5 Steps to Danger (1957). She was in Bitter Victory (1957) and went to Italy to star in Desert Desperados (1959).

Continuing work in theatre [edit]

In 1959, Roman won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. She was selected from among 47 nominees based on her performance in 2 for the Seesaw.^[11]

Back in Hollywood, she played Paul Anka's female parent in Look in Any Window (1961).

Television [edit]

Roman worked regularly in films well up to the late 1950s. Then she began making appearances on television shows. These included recurring roles in NBC's 1965–1966 The Long, Hot Summertime and, toward the stop of her career, recurring roles in the 1986 season of Knots Landing and several episodes of Murder, She Wrote, both on CBS.^{[ commendation needed ]}

She guest-starred in NBC's Bonanza and Sam Bridegroom, ABC'south The Bing Crosby Show sitcom and its circus drama The Greatest Evidence on Earth starring Jack Palance, also as Burke'south Law starring Cistron Barry and I Spy featuring Robert Culp and Nib Cosby. She also appeared as a fiery redhead in an episode of Gunsmoke.(Gunsmoke, 1971 "Waste material-Function 1" S17,Ep03. https://world wide web.imdb.com/title/tt0594577/fullcredits)

She appeared in the early 1960s in the medical dramas The Eleventh Hour and^{[ clarification needed ]} Breaking Point. She starred in a season 3 episode of Mission: Incommunicable (1968) titled "The Elixir" equally Riva Santel as well as a Season 2 episode of Naked City. Many other series featured guest appearances by Roman, including Route 66, The Untouchables (1959 Boob tube serial), Mannix, Cannon (TV series), Marcus Welby, One thousand.D., The Mod Team, The FBI, Tarzan, and The Outer Limits - episode Moonstone - 1964

In 1971 Roman appeared as Marjorie Worth on "The Men From Shiloh" (rebranded name for the Telly western The Virginian) in the episode titled "The Angus Killer."

In 1960, Roman was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard for her contribution to television.^[12]

Personal life [edit]

Roman and her 2nd husband, Mortimer Hall

Roman was married iv times. She had one son, Richard Roman Hall on November 12, 1952^{[13] [14]},^[15] with husband Mortimer Hall, son of publisher Dorothy Schiff.^[16]

She married Hall on December 17, 1950. In 1956, she sued him for divorce,^[17] and the divorce decree became terminal on Apr xv, 1957.^[18]

Roman was a Democrat who supported Adlai Stevenson's campaign during the 1952 presidential election.^[xix]

SS Andrea Doria sinking [edit]

In July 1956, Roman was but finishing a trip to Europe with her three-yr-old son Richard. At the port of Cannes they boarded the Italian passenger liner SS Andrea Doria as fantabulous passengers for their return passage to the U.s.a.. On the night of July 25, the vessel collided with the Swedish passenger liner MS Stockholm.

Roman was in the Belvedere Lounge when the standoff happened and immediately took off her high heels and scrambled back to her cabin barefoot to retrieve her sleeping son. Several hours later, they were both evacuated with the other passengers from the sinking liner. Richard was lowered first into a waiting lifeboat, but before she could follow, the lifeboat departed. Ruth stepped into the next boat and was somewhen rescued along with 750 other survivors from the Andrea Doria by the French passenger liner SS Île de France. Richard was rescued by the Stockholm and was reunited with his mother in New York.^[xx]

Decease [edit]

Roman died at the age of 76 in her sleep of natural causes at her beachfront villa on Crescent Bay in Laguna Beach, California, on September 9, 1999.^[three]

Fractional filmography [edit]

• Phase Door Canteen (1943) - Daughter (uncredited)
• Ladies Mettlesome (1944) - WAF (uncredited)
• Since You Went Away (1944) - Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)
• Song of Nevada (1944) - Dancer (uncredited)
• Storm Over Lisbon (1944) - Checkroom Girl (uncredited)
• Harmony Trail (1944) - Ann Martin
• She Gets Her Man (1945) - Glamour Girl (uncredited)
• Jungle Queen (1945, series) - Lothel - Jungle Queen
• Run into My Lawyer (1945) - Mud Girl (uncredited)
• The Affairs of Susan (1945) - Girl at Vivid Dollar (uncredited)
• Y'all Came Along (1945) - Gloria Revere (uncredited)
• Incendiary Blonde (1945) - Chorine (uncredited)
• Gilda (1946) - Girl (uncredited)
• Without Reservations (1946) - Girl in Negligee (uncredited)
• A Night in Casablanca (1946) - Harem Girl (uncredited)
• The Large Clock (1948) - Secretary at Meeting (uncredited)
• Good Sam (1948) - Ruthie
• Belle Starr'south Daughter (1948) - Cimarron Rose
• Champion (1949) - Emma
• The Window (1949) - Mrs. Jean Kellerson
• Beyond the Forest (1949) - Carol Lawson
• E'er Get out Them Laughing (1949) - Fay Washburn
• Barricade (1950) - Judith Burns
• Colt .45 (1950) - Beth Donovan
• 3 Secrets (1950) - Ann Lawrence
• Dallas (1950) - Tonia Robles
• Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) - Shelley Carnes
• Strangers on a Railroad train (1951) - Anne Morton
• Tomorrow Is Another Twenty-four hours (1951) - Catherine 'Cay' Higgins
• Starlift (1951) - Ruth Roman
• Invitation (1952) - Maud Redwick
• Mara Maru (1952) - Stella Callahan
• Swain With Ideas (1952) - Julie Webster
• Blowing Wild (1953) - Sal Donnelly
• Tanganyika (1954) - Peggy Marion
• The Far State (1954) - Ronda Castle
• The Shanghai Story (1954) - Rita King
• Down 3 Night Streets (1954) - Kate Martell
• Joe MacBeth (1955) - Lily MacBeth
• The Lesser of the Bottle (1956) - Nora Martin
• Swell Mean solar day in the Morning (1956) - Boston Grant
• Insubordinate in Boondocks (1956) - Nora Willoughby
• five Steps to Danger (1957) - Ann Nicholson
• Amère victoire (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland championship: Bitter Victory) (1957) - Jane Brand
• Desert Desperadoes (1959) - The Woman
• Await in Whatever Window (1961) - Jackie Fowler
• Milagro a los cobardes (1962) - Rubén's mother
• Dear Has Many Faces (1965) - Margot Eliot
• The Baby (1973) - Mrs. Wadsworth
• The Killing Kind (1973) - Rhea Benson
• Impulse (1974) - Julia Marstow
• Knife for the Ladies (1974) - Elizabeth
• Day of the Animals (1977) - Shirley Goodwyn
• The Sacketts (1979) - Rosie
• Echoes (1982) - Michael's Female parent

Radio appearances [edit]

Year	Program	Episode/source
1952	Hollywood Sound Phase	One Way Passage [21]

Awards and nomination [edit]

• 1950 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Extra for Champion (nominee)
• 1959 Sarah Siddons Award for Two for the Seesaw (winner)
• 1960 Star for Television on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (winner)

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Ruth Roman". Motility Picture. 81–82: 37. 1951. Retrieved Apr 25, 2020.
2. ^ Vallance, Tom (fourteen September 1999). "Obituary: Ruth Roman". The Contained. London. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Obituaries: Ruth Roman; Former Warner Bros. Extra". Los Angeles Times. September 11, 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
4. ^ "Ruth Roman". Golden Globe Awards . Retrieved August 5, 2019.
5. ^ "Ruth Roman - Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved Baronial 5, 2019.
6. ^ Bergan, Ronald (September xvi, 1999). "Ruth Roman: Hollywood actress who displayed a degree of vulnerability under a worldly exterior". The Guardian. London.
7. ^ ^{a b c} Stevenson, L.50. (August 18, 1950). "Lights of New York". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 6. Retrieved June v, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Bernstein, Albert (February 12, 1956). "Movie house-Scoop". The Progress-Index. Petersburg, VA. p. 21. Retrieved June four, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Ruth Roman". Glamour Girls . Retrieved March 29, 2015.
10. ^ "The Rapid Rise of Ruth Roman". Life. May 1, 1950. pp. 51–52, 55–56. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
11. ^ "Ruth Roman Receives Sarah Siddon Award". Chicago Tribune. July nine, 1959. Retrieved v June 2015.
12. ^ "Ruth Roman". Walk of Fame . Retrieved November 22, 2015.
13. ^ Ruth Roman: A Career Portrait By Derek Sculthorpe, page 72
14. ^ "[Ruth Roman and her son, Richard Roman Hall, shown after their reunion following the sinking of the Andrea Doria] / Globe Telegram & Sunday photo past Dick de Marsico". Library of Congress.
15. ^ "Son Born To Ruth Roman". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. United Press. Nov thirteen, 1952. p. i. Retrieved June v, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
16. ^ "Names in the News". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. June xiv, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved June 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
17. ^ "Ruth Roman Sues". Chester Times. Associated Press. Feb 24, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved June 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
18. ^ "Gets Divorce Decree". The News-Herald. Franklin, Penn. United Press. April xvi, 1957. p. ane. Retrieved June 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
19. ^ Motility Picture show and Television Magazine, November 1952, folio 33.
20. ^ Honan, William H. (September eleven, 1999). "Ruth Roman, 75, Glamorous and Wholesome Star, Dies". The New York Times.
21. ^ Kirby, Walter (February ten, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 38. Retrieved June 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

Further reading [edit]

• Sculthorpe, Derek (2022) Ruth Roman A Career Portrait. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 978-1-4766-8824-four

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruth Roman.

• Ruth Roman at IMDb
• Photographs and literature

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Roman

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