Ruth White

Ruth White

Ruth Patricia White

Birth Date

4/24/1914 (Age 55)

Birth Place

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Death Date

12/3/1969

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Ruth Patricia White (April 24, 1914 – December 3, 1969) in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA as Ruth Patricia White. She was an actress, known for Du silence et des ombres... (1962),Macadam cowboy (1969) and Pendez-les haut et court (1968). She died on December 3, 1969 in Perth Amboy. Her death, from cancer, was sudden and unexpected. She spent the final decade of her life as one of New York's most highly praised character actresses. She had sacrificed her career to care for an ailing parent, and when she returned to acting, she was in her mid-30s, overweight and without much promise of reviving her career. However, she scored great successes in the off-Broadway plays of Samuel Beckett (most notably "Happy Days"), appeared in Edward Albee's "M...

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Acting

Gender

Female

Total Credits

9

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Frequent Collaborators

Robert Mulligan

Robert Mulligan

3 films together

Horton Foote

Horton Foote

2 films together

Mel Goldberg

2 films together

Sandy Dennis

Sandy Dennis

1 film together

Ralph Nelson

Ralph Nelson

1 film together

Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

1 film together

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