Ruth Lee
Ruth Lee was an American stage and film actress. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and she graduated from a dramatic school there.
Lee acted in stock theater with the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. Her other activities on stage included three years with the Shubert Theater in Minneapolis. She also acted in New York, including performing on Broadway. Her Broadway debut was as a member of the chorus in Apple Blossoms, and her final Broadway role was Muriel Payne in Your Loving Son.
She was married to the actor Grandon Rhodes. Lee died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.
Partial filmography
The Rich Are Always with Us - Second Gossiper in 1920 Sued for Libel - Radio Actress The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair - MotherNot a Ladies' Man - Jennie PurcellGet Hep to Love - Woman Behind the Eight Ball - Woman Shadow of a Doubt - Mrs. MacCurdy Silver Skates - Mrs. MartinRhythm of the Islands - Miss WiddicombGood Morning, Judge - Paula Hers to Hold - Miss Crawford Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event - Mrs. Fred Walters The Adventures of a Rookie - Mrs. Linden Moonlight in Vermont - Miss EvansTucson Raiders - Hannah RogersSensations of 1945 - Mrs. Gustafson The Soul of a Monster - Woman in Sedan Goin' to Town - Mrs. WentworthThe Town Went Wild - Lucille ConwayMusic for Millions - Nurse Hi, Beautiful - Mother Here Come the Co-Eds - Miss HolfordKeep Your Powder Dry - Classroom Instructor The Man Who Walked Alone - Aunt HarriettG. I. Honeymoon - Mrs. BartonCorpus Christi Bandits - Mom ChristieI'll Tell the World - Ethel The Naughty Nineties - On Stage Everybody - Barbara Anchors Aweigh - Kindergarten Teacher Mama Loves Papa - MabelDivorce - Liz SmithSwingin' on a Rainbow - Landlady Week-End at the Waldorf - The Woman Sing Your Way Home - Bridget's Mother The Daltons Ride Again - Mrs. Maggie Bohannon Idea Girl - Abigail HawthorneSwing Parade of 1946 - Matron Partners in Time - Miss Martha ThurstonDing Dong Williams - Laura CooperCuban Pete - Woman on Table The Stranger - Minor Role The Dark Horse - Mrs. AldrichHoliday in Mexico - Sister Kenny - Mother Magnificent Doll - Mrs. Gallentine The Magnificent Rogue - Lita AndrewsMonsieur Verdoux - Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes Dark Delusion - Nurse The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Commentator Cass Timberlane - Nurse The Judge Steps Out - Welfare Worker Larceny - Patricia Carson Annie Was a Wonder - Mrs. NesbittHenry, the Rainmaker - SchoolteacherCover Up - Mrs. AbbeyIt Happens Every Spring - Miss Collins - Prof. Greenleaf's Secretary Everybody Does It - Recital Guest / Party Guest The Lady Takes a Sailor - Miss Brand Whirlpool - Miss Hall Your Witness - Miss Hubert - Heyward's New York SecretaryShadow on the Wall - First Nurse The Company She Keeps - Matron Payment on Demand - Aunt Edna Insurance Investigator - Miss PringleWhen I Grow Up - Bully's MotherChain of Circumstance - Nurse As You Were On Dangerous Ground - Helen Young Man with Ideas - Secretary Skirts Ahoy! - Mrs. Yarbrough Crime Wave - 3rd Police Broadcaster The Long, Long Trailer - Mrs. Tewitt Gypsy Colt - Miss Hartner Hell's Outpost - Mrs. MoffitLucy Gallant - Hazel Alfred Hitchcock Presents - NeighborTerror at Midnight - Mrs. Lang High Society - Ruth - Jazz Festival Organizer These Wilder Years - Miss Adelaide Finch Hot Shots - Mrs. Morley Jet Pilot - Mother Wild Is the Wind - Party GuestDecision - WaitressToby Tyler - Wife in Audience