Ruth White
Also Known As: Ruth Patricia White
Biography: Ruth Patricia White (April 24, 1914 – December 3, 1969) in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA as Ruth Patricia White. She was an actress, known for Du silence et des ombres... (1962),Macadam cowboy (1969) and Pendez-les haut et court (1968). She died on December 3, 1969 in Perth Amboy. Her death, from cancer, was sudden and unexpected. She spent the final decade of her life as one of New York's most highly praised character actresses. She had sacrificed her career to care for an ailing parent, and when she returned to acting, she was in her mid-30s, overweight and without much promise of reviving her career. However, she scored great successes in the off-Broadway plays of Samuel Beckett (most notably "Happy Days"), appeared in Edward Albee's "Malcolm" (1966) and "Box" (1968), and earned a Tony nomination for her role in Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party" (1968). She earned an Emmy nomination for her role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "Little Moon of Alban".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: April 24, 1914
Age: 111 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: December 03, 1969
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Overview: Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-20
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Midnight Cowboy
Overview: Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-25
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Hang 'em High
Overview: Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-12
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The Reivers
Overview: In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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The Nun's Story
Overview: After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-18
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Edge of the City
Overview: An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-04
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Charly
Overview: An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-23
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No Way to Treat a Lady
Overview: Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-20
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Up the Down Staircase
Overview: Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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Baby, the Rain Must Fall
Overview: Henry Thomas tries to overcome the horrors of his childhood and start a new life with his wife and kid. However, his abusive step-mother and his dependence on alcohol threaten to ruin his future.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-12
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A Rage to Live
Overview: Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-20
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Cast a Giant Shadow
Overview: An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-30
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Overview: William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-23
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The Tiger Makes Out
Overview: During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living in a cluttered Greenwich Village basement, learns he has been paying rent to a woman who hasn't owned his building in 6 years. No longer able to endure the injustices of society, he decides to activate the ferocious tiger within himself by abducting a helpless female and dragging her back to his lair.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-18
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A Lovely Way to Die
Overview: A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-19
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Lullaby
Overview: Truck driver Johnny Horton and cigarette girl Eadie elope after a hasty romance, but after the wedding, the couple realizes they don't know each other very well. Soon Johnny's overbearing mother becomes the third wheel in their marriage, threatening its fragile existence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-18
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Summer Pavilion
Overview: In an old Louisiana plantation, the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on to the gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, even though she loves the builder.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-02
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Let Me Hear You Whisper
Overview: A scrub-woman attempts to rescue a dolphin who will talk to no one but her from a research laboratory.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-23
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Johnny Belinda
Overview: In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-22
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