Gordon, Ruth
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| Birthname | Jones, Ruth Gordon | ||
| born on | 30 October 1896 at 05:15 (= 05:15 AM ) | ||
| Place | Quincy MA, USA, 42n15, 71w00 | ||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   07°31'   17°14 Asc. 24°55'
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Biography
American actress from 1915; famous for playing eccentric characters, as in the wonderfully macabre comedy, "Harold and Maude." She won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in "Rosemary's Baby," 1968. Gordon is the author of a half-dozen plays and several screenplays. She had two marriages and one daughter.
Gordon died of a stroke 8/28/1985, Edgartown, MA.
Events
- Death by Disease 28 August 1985 (Stroke, age 88)
- Work : Prize 1968 (Oscar as Best Supporting Actress)
Source Notes
Frances McEvoy quotes her in an interview with Michael Bamberger in the Boston Globe 8/08/84. She described her birth in detail as the doctor had thought her dead and tried to save her mother. "He tossed me off someplace and was working on my mom when suddenly there was a squeal and he gave me a gew good slaps." The article said that the doctor had come at 5:00 AM and jforthwith delivered the child without ceremony.
Categories
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games (Painting seascapes)
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Product Marketing (Merchandise)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 88)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Terminal)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- Notable : Awards : Oscar (Best Supporting Actress)
