Ruth Hussey

Ruth Hussey

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1911-10-30
Deathday: 2005-04-19 (93 years old)

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Biography

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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 for acting roles at the Providence Playhouse. The theater director there turned her down, saying the roles were cast only out of New York City. Later that week, she journeyed to New York City and on her first day there, she signed with a talent agent who booked her for a role in a play starting the next day back at the Providence Playhouse.


In New York City, she also worked for a time as a model. She then landed a number of stage roles with touring companies. Dead End toured the country in 1937 and the last theater on the road trip was at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, where she was spotted on opening night by MGM talent scout Billy Grady. MGM signed her to a players contract and she made her film debut in 1937. She quickly became a leading lady in MGM's "B" unit, usually playing sophisticated, worldly roles. For a 1940 "A" picture role, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Elizabeth Imbrie, the cynical magazine photographer and almost-girlfriend of James Stewart's character Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. In 1941, exhibitors voted her the third-most popular new star in Hollywood.


Hussey also worked with Robert Taylor in Flight Command (1940), Robert Young in Northwest Passage (1940) and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Van Heflin in Tennessee Johnson (1942), Ray Milland in The Uninvited (1944), and Alan Ladd in The Great Gatsby (1949).


In 1946, she starred on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play State of the Union. Her 1949 role in Goodbye, My Fancy on Broadway caused a Billboard reviewer to write: "Miss Hussey brings a splendid aliveness and warmth to the lovely congresswoman...."


She filled in for Jean Arthur in the 1955 Lux Radio Theater presentation of Shane, playing Miriam Start, alongside original film stars Alan Ladd and Van Heflin.


In 1960, she co-starred in The Facts of Life with Bob Hope. Hussey was also active in early television drama.

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Filmography

all 54

Movies 43

TV Shows 11

self 1

Maggie Cartwright
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973)

Movie
Voice Over
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)

Movie
Nurse Edie Ramsey
Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse (1963)

TV
Mary Gilbert
The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life (1960)

Movie
Maid
The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960)

TV
Maia
The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)

TV
Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56 (1955)

TV
Paula Hudson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

TV
4.75
Mary Haines
Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase (1954)

TV
Alice Moore / Martha / Katherine Benson
Climax!

Climax! (1954)

TV
The Christophers

The Christophers (1953)

TV
Nora Connors
The Lady Wants Mink

The Lady Wants Mink (1953)

Movie
Emma
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater (1953)

TV
Jennie Sousa
Stars and Stripes Forever

Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)

Movie
Christine Powell
Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country (1952)

Movie
Ann Jackson
That's My Boy

That's My Boy (1951)

Movie
Mary
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951)

Movie
Lorna Marvis
Mr. Music

Mr. Music (1950)

Movie
Polly Baxter / Kit Marlowe / Harriet Craig / Linda Carson / Irene / Meg
Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV
Meg Norton
Louisa

Louisa (1950)

Movie
Jordan Baker
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (1949)

Movie
Nancy Edison
Studio One

Studio One (1948)

TV
Eve Meredith Curtis
I, Jane Doe

I, Jane Doe (1948)

Movie
Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD
Her Favorite Patient

Her Favorite Patient (1945)

Movie
Lt. Ellen Foster
Marine Raiders

Marine Raiders (1944)

Movie
Barbara Thomas
Tender Comrade

Tender Comrade (1944)

Movie
Pamela Fitzgerald
The Uninvited

The Uninvited (1944)

Movie
6
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Movie
Daisy Denton
Pierre of the Plains

Pierre of the Plains (1942)

Movie
Kay Motford
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

Movie
Norma Haven
Married Bachelor

Married Bachelor (1941)

Movie
Professor Susan Drake
Our Wife

Our Wife (1941)

Movie
Martha Gray
Free and Easy

Free and Easy (1941)

Movie
Lorna Gary
Flight Command

Flight Command (1940)

Movie
Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Movie
2.67
Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)

Movie
Charlotte
Susan and God

Susan and God (1940)

Movie
Elizabeth Browne
Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage (1940)

Movie
Dorothy Waters
Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man (1939)

Movie
5.6
Lily Cole
Fast and Furious

Fast and Furious (1939)

Movie
Helen Ingram
Blackmail

Blackmail (1939)

Movie
Miss Wattson
The Women

The Women (1939)

Movie
Sybil Ames
Maisie

Maisie (1939)

Movie
Mary Turner
Within the Law

Within the Law (1939)

Movie
Eve
Honolulu

Honolulu (1939)

Movie
Kate McKim
Spring Madness

Spring Madness (1938)

Movie
Peggy Norton, victim
Time Out for Murder

Time Out for Murder (1938)

Movie
Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Movie
Joan Thayer
Rich Man, Poor Girl

Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)

Movie
Nadine Piermont
Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Movie
Margaret Lee
Judge Hardy's Children

Judge Hardy's Children (1938)

Movie
Jane (dialogue scenes deleted)
Man-Proof

Man-Proof (1938)

Movie
Annette
Madame X

Madame X (1937)

Movie
Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Big City

Big City (1937)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1911-10-30

Deathday
2005-04-19 (93 years old)

Birth Place
Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Children
John Longenecker

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Ruth March, Рут Хасси

Awards
Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inductee, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame


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