Ruth Nelson
Ruth Nelson
Essentially a stage actress, Michigan-born Ruth Nelson appeared sporadically in films from her first movie appearance in Of Human Bondage (1934) to her last in Awakenings (1990). Few of Ms. Nelson's roles were large enough to afford attention from critics -- notable exceptions were the 1943 wartime drama North Star and the 1947 Tracy /Hepburn vehicle Sea of Grass -- and unfortunately she made few TV appearances, so it's hard to provide anyone unfamiliar with her work a frame of reference. She did, however, pop up frequently as a peripheral interview subject during the late-'70s heyday of director Robert Altman. Ms. Nelson had married another director, John Cromwell, in 1946, and both Mr. and Mrs. Cromwell acted together in Altman's 1978 film A Wedding. Fans who tried to grill Cromwell on his own film accomplishments (Anna and the King of Siam, Dead Reckoning, et al.) were obliged to filter their request through Ruth Nelson, who was able to "interpret" her husband's nods, shrugs and snorts of disapproval. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Ruth Nelson:
- 3 Women with Shelley Duvall , Sissy Spacek , Janice Rule , John Cromwell
- The Late Show with Art Carney , Lily Tomlin , Bill Macy , Eugene Roche , Joanna Cassidy , Howard Duff
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn with Dorothy McGuire , Joan Blondell , James Dunn , Lloyd Nolan , Peggy Ann Garner , Ted Donaldson , James Gleason , John Alexander , John Farrell MacDonald , George H. Melford , Mae Marsh , Alec Craig , Charles Halton , Al Bridge , Virginia Brissac , George Meader , Erskine Sanford , Francis Pierlot , Teddy Infur , Harry Seymour , Robert Strange , Nicholas Ray
- The Keys of the Kingdom with Gregory Peck , Thomas Mitchell , Vincent Price , Roddy McDowall , Edmund Gwenn , Cedric Hardwicke , Peggy Ann Garner , James Gleason , Anne Revere , Benson Fong , Leonard Strong , Arthur Shields , Edith Barrett , Sara Allgood , Richard Loo , Ruth Ford , Dennis Hoey , Ethel Griffies , Terence Kilburn , Lumsden Hare , Abner Biberman , Philip Ahn , Ruth Clifford
- A Wedding with Carol Burnett , Paul Dooley , Mia Farrow , Lillian Gish , Howard Duff , Geraldine Chaplin , Dennis Christopher , Lauren Hutton , Peggy Ann Garner , Vittorio Gassman , Desi Jr. Arnaz , Dina Merrill , Pat McCormick , John Cromwell , Viveca Lindfors , Bert Remsen , Pam Dawber , Dennis Franz , Jeffrey Jones , Tim Thomerson , Nina vanPallandt
- Skokie with Nancy Cartwright , Brian Dennehy , George Dzundza , Ed Flanders , Kim Hunter , Lee Strasberg , James Sutorius , Eli Wallach , Danny Kaye , Carl Reiner , John Rubinstein
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