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Ruth Roman
American actress (1922–1999)
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| Born | Norma Roman[1] (1922-12-22)December 22, 1922 Lynn, Colony, U.S. |
| Died | September 9, 1999(1999-09-09) (aged 76) Laguna Beach, Calif., U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1943–1989 |
| Spouse(s) | Jack Flaxman (m. 1939; div. 1941)Mortimer Hall (m. 1950; div. 1956)Bud Histrion Moss (m. 1956; div. 1960)William Carry Wilson (m. 1976) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Dorothy Schiff (mother-in-law) |
| Awards | 1959 Wife Siddons Award |
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filmography
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Echoes, aka Living Nightmare (1983) with Gale Sondergaard and Mercedes McCambridge
Willow B: Women in Prison (1980) with Carol Lynley and Sally Kirkland
The Sacketts (1979) with Sam Elliot, Gilbert Roland, Tom Selleck, Glenn Ford, and Mercedes McCambridge
Day of the Animals (1977) with Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Ansara, Paul Mantee, and Andrew Stevens
Impulse (1974) with William Shatner and Harold Sakata
A Knife for the Ladies (1974) with Jack Elam
Punch and Jody (1974) with Glenn Ford and Parley Baer
The Baby (1973) with Anjanette Comer and Marianna Hill
The Killing Kind (1973) with Ann Sothern, Luana Anders, John Savage, and Cindy Williams
Go Ask Alice (1973) with William Shatner, Julie Adams, Robert Carradine, Andy Griffith, and Mackenzie Phillips
Incident in San Francisco (1971) with Leslie Nielsen and Richard Kiley
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970) with Edward G. Robinson, Diane Baker, and Martin Balsam
Love Has Many Faces (1965) with Lana Turner, Hugh O'Brian, Cliff Robertson, Virginia Grey, and Stefanie Powers
Milagro a los cobardes (1962)
Look in Any Window (1961) with Alex Nicol, Paul Anka, Jack Cassidy, and Gigi Perreau
Bitter Victory (1958) wi
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Ruth Roman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the youngest of three daughters of Lithuanian-Jewish parents Mary Pauline (Gold) and Abraham Roman. Her father, a carnival barker, died when she was a small child, forcing her mother to support the family by working as a waitress and cleaning woman. Ruth grew up in the poor tenement district of Boston, Massachusetts, where she went to school. However, she left school after just two years to pursue an acting career. Her chosen path proved to be strewn with obstacles: in New York, she obtained a job posing for stills for a crime magazine, but theatrical work eluded her. She then worked as a hat check girl at a night club before calling it quits and returning to Boston. There, she made ends meet as an usherette during the day while at night performing with the New England Repertory Company, her first steady acting job. She also studied drama and eventually graduated from the Bishop-Lee Theatre School.
Trying to get into films, Ruth unsuccessfully made the rounds of agents and producers for two years (1940-42), until a bit part as a WAVE came her way in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943). With $200 to her name, she purchased a one-way ticket to Hollywood, where she found shared accommodation with other aspiring starlets, naming it, op