Gordon, Ruth
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| Birthname | Ruth Gordon Jones | ||||
| born on | 30 October 1896 at 05:15 (= 05:15 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Quincy, USA, 42n15, 71w00 | ||||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American actress known for her nasal voice, distinctive personality, and for playing eccentric characters, as in the wonderfully macabre comedy, Harold and Maude (1971). She won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in Rosemary's Baby (1968). Gordon wrote a half-dozen plays and several screenplays. She had two marriages and one son, Jones Harris, who married Heidi Vanderbilt.
Ruth Gordon died of a stroke on 18 August 1985 at age 88 in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
Relationships
- has other family relationship with Vanderbilt, Heidi (born 20 July 1948). Notes: Mother-in-law/ daughter-in-law
- role played of/by Lincoln, Mary Todd (born 13 December 1818). Notes: 1940 film "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
Events
- 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 few good slaps." The article said that the doctor had come at 5:00 AM and forthwith delivered the child without ceremony.
Categories
- Traits : Body : Voice/Speech (Nasal)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Terminal)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Relationship : Widowed (First husband, 1927)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One son)
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games (Painting seascapes)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 88)
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Product Marketing (Merchandise)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Actor)
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Awards : Emmy
- Notable : Awards : Oscar (Best Supporting Actress)
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- 1896 births
- Birthday 30 October
- Birthplace Quincy, MA (US)
- Sun 7 Scorpio
- Moon 17 Leo
- Asc 24 Libra
- 1985 deaths
- Traits : Body : Voice/Speech
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Relationship : Widowed
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Product Marketing
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Awards : Emmy
- Notable : Awards : Oscar
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
