Jean Ruth
Jean Ruth was an American actress and radio personality.
Early life and career
Born in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Ruth was the daughter of Davis Clifford Ruth and Evelyn Read Hillyer. She graduated from Monrovia High School in 1935 and the University of Colorado in 1941.As an actress, she is best known for appearing in the Martin and Lewis film At War with the Army. Her radio broadcasts during WWII from 1941-44 were the basis for the musical film Reveille with Beverly. She claimed later that while broadcasting she would be asked to read out the titles of songs that didn't exist, which served as secret messages to the French Resistance. She also later befriended the famous wartime Japanese-American radio announcer Iva Toguri after she was prosecuted for treason for radio broadcasts from Tokyo.