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A Short Biography of Ruth Gordon

Author Name:

Ruth Gordon

Born As:

Ruth Gordon Jones

Other Names:

Ruth Gordon

Born:

30 Oct 1896

Died:

28 Aug 1985




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Actress and Writer                          
Selected Works:

Film:

The Whirl of Life	Extra - 1915
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Hedwig Ehrlich - 1915
Abe Lincoln in Illinois - 1940
Two-Faced Woman - 1941
Action in the North Atlantic - 1943	
Edge of Darkness - 1943

Inside Daisy Clover -  1965 - Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture - Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Lord Love a Duck - 1966

Rosemary's Baby	 - 1968 - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? - 1969
Where's Poppa? - 1970
	
Harold and Maude - Nominated - 1971 - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Big Bus - 1976
Every Which Way But Loose - 1978
Scavenger Hunt - 1979
Boardwalk - 1979
Any Which Way You Can	 - 1980
My Bodyguard - 1980
Jimmy the Kid - 1982
Maxie - 	1985
Delta Pi	Mugsy - 1985
The Trouble with Spies - 	1985
Voyage of the Rock Aliens - 1987

Television:

 The Prudential Family Playhouse - 1950
1966	Hallmark Hall of Fame - 1966
1973	Isn't It Shocking?	Marge Savage - 1973

Kojak - 1975 - Nominated - Emmy Award
Rhoda - 1975
Medical Story - 1975
The Great Houdini - 1975 - Nominated - Emmy Award
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby	 - 1976
Columbo - 1977
'The Love Boat	Mrs. Warner	"Joker Is Mild, The/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please"
The Prince of Central Park - 1977	
Perfect Gentlemen - 1978
Taxi = 1979 - Emmy Award
Hardhat and Legs - 1980	 - uncredited writer
Don't Go to Sleep - 1982
Newhart - 1983-1984

Writer:

Over 21	 - 1945 - play
A Double Life - 1947 - Screenplay with Garson Kanin - Nominated - Academy Award for screenplay

Years Ago - 1948 - Play for The Ford Theatre Hour

Adam's Rib - 1949 - Screenplay with Garson Kanin - Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award Best Written American Comedy

Pat and Mike - 1952 - Screenplay with Garson Kanin - Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award Best Written American Comedy

The Marrying Kind - 1952 - Screenplay with Garson Kanin
Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award Best Written American Comedy

The Actress - 1953 - Screenplay based on her play Years Ago
Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award Best Written American Comedy

Rosie! - 1967 - Based on her play A Very Rich Woman
Adam's Rib - 1973 - TV series based on film, wrote unknown episodes
Hardhat and Legs - 1980 - TV film written with Garson Kanin.

                          
Mother  Annie Ziegler Jones
Father Clinton Jones.

husband one: Gregory Kelly 1921-1927 - died age 36.
Husband two: Garson Kanin 1942-1985

One son, Jones Haris. Father Jed Harris.