Ruth Lee
Acting1895Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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Ruth Lee (September 14, 1895 - August 3, 1975) was an American film and stage actress. In film she played primarily uncredited parts. As a stage actress she acted in stock theater with the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Lee died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She was married to the actor Grandon Rhodes.
Known For
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. MacCurdy (uncredited)
The Stranger
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)
High Society
Ruth (Jazz Festival Organizer) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Neighbour
Anchors Aweigh
Kindergarten Teacher (uncredited)
Whirlpool
Miss Hall (uncredited)
Crime Wave
Third Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Acting History
1984
The World of Tomorrow
as Mom Middleton (archive footage)
1961
Doctor Blood's Coffin
as Girl
1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Wife - Circus Spectator
1958
Behind Closed Doors
TVas Mrs. Gates
1957
Wild Is the Wind
as Party Guest
1956
High Society
as Ruth (Jazz Festival Organizer) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Neighbour• 1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
TVas Miss Welch / Miss Colby
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
as Mrs. Tewitt (uncredited)
Hell's Outpost
as Mrs. Moffit
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVas Myra• 1 eps
1953
Crime Wave
as Third Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
1952
Young Man with Ideas
as Secretary (uncredited)
1951
The Company She Keeps
as Matron (uncredited)
Insurance Investigator
as Miss Pringle
As You Were
as Wife
When I Grow Up
as Bully's Mother
1950
1949
Annie Was a Wonder
as Mrs. Nesbitt
It Happens Every Spring
as Miss Collins - Prof. Greenleaf's Secretary (uncredited)
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Miss Brand (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Schoolteacher
Cover Up
as Mrs. Abbey
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
as Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
as Welfare Worker (uncredited)
1946
Partners in Time
as Miss Martha Thurston
The Dark Horse
as Mrs. Aldrich
The Stranger
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Magnificent Rogue
as Lita Andrews
Sister Kenny
as Mother (uncredited)
Ding Dong Williams
as Laura Cooper
Idea Girl
as Abigail Hawthorne
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Aunt Harriett
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Mom Christie
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Landlady (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
as Kindergarten Teacher (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
as Townswoman (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
as Barbara (uncredited)
Divorce
as Liz Smith
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Classroom Instructor (uncredited)
Mama Loves Papa
as Mabel
1944
Tucson Raiders
as Hannah Rogers
The Soul of a Monster
as Woman in Sedan (uncredited)
Goin' to Town
as Mrs. Wenworth
The Town Went Wild
as Lucille Conway
Main Street Today
as Helen (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
as Mother (uncredited)
1943
My Tomato
as Mrs. Doakes
Silver Skates
as Mrs. Martin
Hers to Hold
as Miss Crawford
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. MacCurdy (uncredited)
1942
Not a Ladies' Man
as Jennie Purcell
Keeping in Shape
as Mrs. Doakes
Get Hep to Love
as Woman
The Witness
as Mrs. Doakes
1941
1940
The Trouble with Husbands
as Mrs. Doakes
1939
Home Early
as Mrs. Doakes
Dark Magic
as Wife
Sued for Libel
as Radio Actress (uncredited)
How to Eat
as Mrs. Joe Doakes
1932
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Second Gossiper in 1920 (uncredited)