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Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon 1896-1985, American actress and playwright, b. Wollaston, Mass. From her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film experience. Among the plays she wrote are Over Twenty-One, Years Ago, and The Leading Lady. She and her husband, the playwri... Read more
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin , 1912-99, American director and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y.; grad. American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1933. He worked as a saxophonist, comedian, and actor before becoming (1935) an assistant to director George Abbott . During the following years he wrote or directed more than 30 plays... Read more

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Ruth Gordon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Ruth Gordon 1896-1985, American actress and playwright...her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film...Rib (1949), and Pat and Mike (1952). Gordon won an Academy Award for her performance...
Gordon (Jones), Ruth
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Gordon [Jones], Ruth (1896–1985), actress and playwright. Born in Wollaston...leering, cutting through her scenes with sharp gestures.” Gordon also wrote a successful, semiautobiographical play about a stagestruck...
Montgomery, Ruth (Schick)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Montgomery, Ruth (Schick) Award-winning...released her autobiography, Ruth Montgomery: Herald of the New Age. Sources: Melton, J. Gordon, Jerome Clark, and Aidan...Research, 1990. Montgomery, Ruth. Born to Heal. New York...
Years Ago
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Years Ago (1946), a comedy by Ruth Gordon . [Mansfield Theatre, 199 perf...watching Hazel Dawn in The Pink Lady , Ruth Jones ( Patricia Kirkland) decides...retitled, and presented by Max Gordon . Of its Broadway version, Ward...
Over 21
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Over 21 (1944), a comedy by Ruth Gordon . [ Music Box Theatre , 221 perf...candidate school, his wife, Paula ( Gordon), gives up her successful career...x201D; With this, her first play, Gordon displayed a competency and versatility...
Ethan Frome
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...National Theatre, 120 perf.] When Mattie Silver ( Ruth Gordon ) comes to live with her cousin, Zenobia Frome ( Pauline...Edith Wharton's short novel was enhanced by producer Max Gordon 's production featuring Jo Mielziner 's superb settings...
Garson Kanin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Katherine Hepburn vehicles as Adams Rib (1949) and Pat and Mike (1952), both written with his wife, the actress Ruth Gordon. Kanin also wrote novels, short stories, television scripts, and the memoirs Remembering Mr. Maugham (1966...
Seventeen
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Indiana town at the turn of the century, is so smitten one summer with the visiting baby‐talking Lola Pratt ( Ruth Gordon ) that he steals his father's evening clothes in order to court her, leading to romantic and family complications...
Ibsen, Henrik (Johan)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...production of this period was Thornton Wilder 's adaptation of A Doll's House (1937), which Jed Harris presented with Ruth Gordon and Paul Lukas. Ibsen's appeal waxed again in the 1950s, which saw Arthur Miller 's version of An Enemy of the...
Saturday's Children
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Saturday's Children (1927), a play by Maxwell Anderson . [ Booth Theatre, 310 perf.] After Bobby Halevy ( Ruth Gordon ) nabs the man of her dreams, Rims O'Neill ( Roger Pryor), she quickly realizes how unrealistic her ideas of married...

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Kanin, Garson
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Married the actress and writer Ruth Gordon, 1942 (died 1985). Career...screenplays in collaboration with Ruth Gordon, A Double Life ; 1955—...A Double Life (Cukor) (with Ruth Gordon) 1949 Adam's Rib (Cukor...
Adam's Rib
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Lawrence Weingarten; screenplay: Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin; photography...Brodeigh ). Publications Script: Gordon, Ruth, and Garson Kanin, Adam's Rib...husband-wife team Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. All the principals—...
Rosemary's Baby
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...John Cassavetes (Guy Woodhouse ); Ruth Gordon (Minnie Castevet ); Sidney Blackmere...Henry (Elsie Dunstan ); Marianne Gordon (Joan Jellico ); Philip Leeds...Cardiff ); Hope Summers (Mrs. Gordon ); Wende Wagner (Tiger ); Gordon...
Cukor, George
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1929–32; joined RKO, began association with Katharine Hepburn, 1932; began association with writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, 1947. Awards: Oscar for Best Director, and Directors Guild of America Award, for My Fair Lady...
Buchman, Sidney
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...eventually became a vice-president of production. His Sidney Buchman Productions produced the comedy Over 21, from the Ruth Gordon play, and the Jolson sequel, Jolson Sings Again, before the blacklist took effect. He admitted to the House Un...
Simmons, Jean
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Angel Face (Preminger); Affair with a Stranger (Rowland) (as Carolyn Parker); The Actress (Cukor) (as Ruth Gordon Jones); The Robe (Koster) (as Diana); Young Bess (Sidney) (title role) 1954 She Couldn't Say No (Lloyd...
Russo, Rene
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...said Russo "works terrifically well with Mr. Eastwood. Their scenes have some of the caustic spirit of the material Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin used to write for Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. They are genuinely funny lovers." In 1995...
Taylor, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Broadway Melody of 1936 (Del Ruth) (as Bob Gordon); Magnificent Obsession (Stahl...Bob Dakin); Private Number (Del Ruth) (as Richard Winfield); His...Broadway Melody of 1938 (Del Ruth) (as Steve); Lest We Forget...
Laughton, Charles
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Missler, Andreas, Charles Laughton: Seine Filme, sein Leben, Munich, 1990. On LAUGHTON: articles— Gordon, Ruth, "Legitimate Laughton," in Theatre Arts (New York), November, 1950. McVay, D., "The Intolerant Giant...
Cagney, James
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Jarrett) 1950 The West Point Story (Del Ruth) (as Elwin Bixby); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Gordon Douglas) (as Ralph Cotter) 1951...as Lew Marsh); Starlift (Del Ruth) (as himself) 1952 What Price Glory...

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Ruth A. Gordon.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/4/2003; 524 words ; Ruth A. Gordon of Cary A memorial service for Ruth A. Gordon will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, at the Crystal Lake...Roy (Gerry) Gordon of Lakeland Fla., Clifford (Ruth) Gordon of Palatine, Duane (Jan) Gordon of Raton, N.M...
Gordon, Ruth
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/30/2001; 464 words ; Gordon, Ruth Sunday, December 30, 2001 Gordon, Ruth Of Glendale, age 87, died peacefully at Sinai/ Samaritan...lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ruth Gordon Endowment Fund at Jewish Family Services. GOODMAN-BENSMAN...
Quincy's Oscar winner; Ruth Gordon (1896-1985)
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 4/20/2005; ; 449 words ; Ruth Gordon couldn't wait to leave Quincy in 1914...The Actress" were made into films. Gordon's last visit to Quincy was on Nov. 10, 1984, for the dedication of the Ruth Gordon Amphitheater in Merrymount Park. She died...
Fisher, Ruth Gordon
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/10/2005; 403 words ; Fisher, Ruth Gordon (Nee Gloss) Passed away June 9, 2005 at the age of 89 years. Beloved...of Columbia St. Mary's Hospice and the Jewish Home and Care Center. Ruth was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, a wonderful...
Expert advises on how to trace family history ; With TV celebrities taking it up, tracing your family history has almost become national sport these days. Sue Williams asked Derbyshire County Council local studies expert Ruth Gordon, pictured right, for some tips on how to get started.
Newspaper article from: Derby Evening Telegraph; 12/8/2008; 700+ words ; ...County Council local studies expert Ruth Gordon, pictured right, for some tips...to start all over again," said Ruth Gordon, local studies development librarian...offices in Matlock. To get started, Ruth advises: "First of all, talk to...
Ruth G. Gordon.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 11/11/2005; 522 words ; SUFFOLK -- SUFFOLK - Ruth Griesbach Gordon died Nov. 9, 2005. She was born...Griesbach. Her husband, James W. Gordon and her brother, Robert A. Griesbach, predeceased her. Mrs. Gordon is survived by her daughters, Jan...
Ruth G. Gordon, Formerly of Racine
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/7/1999; 300 words ; Funeral services were held Wednesday for Ruth G. Gordon, who died Jan. 31 at the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 77. She was born and raised in Racine...
OBIT - PHILLIPS, RUTH ELIZABETH GORDON
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 3/12/2004; 233 words ; Ruth Elizabeth Gordon Phillips, 68, of Bedford, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2004. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday, Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford. Visitation Friday from 11 a.m. until service time at funeral home.
OBIT - PHILLIPS RUTH ELIZABETH GORDON
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 3/11/2004; 234 words ; Ruth Elizabeth Gordon Phillips, 68, of Bedford, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2004. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday, Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford. Visitation Friday from 11 a.m. until service time at funeral home.
Karen Bowman-Gordon Ruth
Newspaper article from: Daily Record, The Wooster, OH; 7/8/2007; ; 410 words ; ...Texas -- Karen Sue Bowman and Gordon Lavon Ruth were united in marriage on May 19...bride is the daughter of Kenneth and Ruth Bowman of Polk (Rowsburg) and was...son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Paul Ruth of Wichita Falls, Texas, and the...