Ruth Hussey
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story. After working as an actress in summer stock, she returned to Providence and worked as a radio fashion commentator on a local station. She wrote the ad copy for a Providence clothing store and read it on the radio each afternoon. She was encouraged by a friend to try out fo...
Known For
Filmography
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Maggie Cartwright
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
1970
as Voice Over
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Nurse Edie Ramsey
The Facts of Life
1960
as Mary Gilbert
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960
as Maid
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Maia
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Paula Hudson
Playwrights '56
1955
MGM Parade
1955
Climax!
1954
as Katherine Benson
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Mary Haines
Climax!
1954
as Martha
Climax!
1954
as Alice Moore
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Nora Connors
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
as Emma
The Christophers
1953
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
as Jennie Sousa
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Christine Powell
That's My Boy
1951
as Ann Jackson
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
as Mary
Mr. Music
1950
as Lorna Marvis
Louisa
1950
as Meg Norton
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Polly Baxter
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Kit Marlowe
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Meg
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Linda Carson
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Irene
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Harriet Craig
The Great Gatsby
1949
as Jordan Baker
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Eve Meredith Curtis
Studio One
1948
as Nancy Edison
Bedside Manner
1945
as Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD
The Uninvited
1944
as Pamela Fitzgerald
Tender Comrade
1944
as Barbara Thomas
Marine Raiders
1944
as Lt. Ellen Foster
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Eliza McCardle Johnson
Pierre of the Plains
1942
as Daisy Denton
Soaring Stars
1942
as Herself
Our Wife
1941
as Professor Susan Drake
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Cordelia 'Kay' Motford Pulham
Married Bachelor
1941
as Norma Haven
Free and Easy
1941
as Martha Gray
The Philadelphia Story
1940
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
Northwest Passage
1940
as Elizabeth Browne
Susan and God
1940
as Charlotte
Flight Command
1940
as Lorna Gray
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
The Women
1939
as Miss Wattson
Within the Law
1939
as Mary Turner
Another Thin Man
1939
as Dorothy Waters
Maisie
1939
as Sybil Ames
Blackmail
1939
as Helen Ingram
Fast and Furious
1939
as Lily Cole
Honolulu
1939
as Eve
Man-Proof
1938
as Jane (dialogue scenes deleted)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
as Joan Thayer
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Nadine Piermont
Spring Madness
1938
as Kate McKim
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as Margaret Lee
Time Out for Murder
1938
as Peggy Norton, victim
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)
Madame X
1937
as Annette
Big City
1937
as Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)