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      Ruth Hussey

      Ruth Hussey

      Highest Rated: 100% The Philadelphia Story (1940)

      Lowest Rated: 33% The Great Gatsby (1949)

      Birthday: Oct 30, 1911

      Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

      This MGM contract player of the late 1930s and early 40s played some leads, but mostly supporting parts, usually as a sophisticated, knowing women or vixen. Ruth Hussey got her best shot as the cynical photographer in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), for which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. She also starred opposite Ralph Bellamy on Broadway in "State of the Union" (1945).

      Highest rated movies

      Northwest Passage
      The Philadelphia Story
      The Uninvited
      The Women
      Another Thin Man
      Madame X
      Susan and God
      The Great Gatsby

      Photos

      ANOTHER THIN MAN, (top) Ruth Hussey, Virginia Grey, Muriel Hutchinson, (middle) Tom Neal, Horace McMahon, (bottom) Don Costello, Abner Biberman, 1939 H.M. PULHAM, ESQ., Ruth Hussey, Robert Young, 1941 STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER, Ruth Hussey, Clifton Webb, 1952, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, Ruth Hussey, 1940 RICH MAN POOR GIRL, Ruth Hussey, Lew Ayres, Robert Young, 1938 NORTHWEST PASSAGE, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, 1940 LOUISA, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Hussey, 1950 MARINE RAIDERS, Ruth Hussey, 1944 FLIGHT COMMAND, Ruth Hussey, Robert Taylor, 1940 TENNESSEE JOHNSON, from left: Robert Warwick, Ruth Hussey, Van Heflin as Andrew Johnson, 1942 FREE AND EASY, Robert Cummings, Ruth Hussey, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Owen, etc, 1941 FLIGHT COMMAND, from left: Walter Pidgeon, Ruth Hussey, Robert Taylor, 1940 MARINE RAIDERS, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, 1944 FREE AND EASY, Robert Cummings, Ruth Hussey, 1941 MARRIED BACHELOR, from left, Ruth Hussey, Robert Young, 1941 TENDER COMRADE, Ruth Hussey, 1943 MARINE RAIDERS, Ruth Hussey, Robert Ryan, 1944 LOUISA, Ruth Hussey, Ronald Reagan, Piper Laurie, Spring Byington, 1950 MAISIE, from left, Ruth Hussey, Robert Young, on-set, 1939 LOUISA, Ruth Hussey, Piper Laurie, Jimmy Hunt, 1950
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet All My Darling Daughters' Anniversary Maggie Cartwright (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 50% Resurrection of Broncho Billy Unknown (Voice) - 1970
      No Score Yet 61% The Facts of Life Mary Gilbert (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady Wants Mink Nora Connors (Character) - 1953
      No Score Yet 78% Stars and Stripes Forever Jennie Sousa (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Woman of the North Country Christine Powell (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 28% That's My Boy Ann Jackson (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet 62% Hill Number One Mary (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Louisa Meg Norton (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 43% Mr. Music Lorna Marvis (Character) - 1950
      33% 41% The Great Gatsby Jordan Baker (Character) - 1949
      No Score Yet No Score Yet I, Jane Doe Eve Meredith Curtis (Character) - 1948
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bedside Manner Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD (Character) - 1945
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marine Raiders Lt. Ellen Foster (Character) - 1944
      95% 80% The Uninvited Pamela Fitzgerald (Character) - 1944
      No Score Yet 32% Tender Comrade Barbara Thomas (Character) - 1943
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tennessee Johnson Eliza McCardle Johnson (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Pierre of the Plains Daisy Denton (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet 64% H.M. Pulham, Esq. Cordelia "Kay" Motford Pulham (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Married Bachelor Norma Haven (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Wife Professor Susan Drake (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy Martha Gray (Character) - 1941
      100% 67% Northwest Passage Elizabeth Browne (Character) - 1940
      100% 93% The Philadelphia Story Liz Imbrie (Character) - 1940
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Flight Command Lorna Gary (Character) - 1940
      40% 26% Susan and God Charlotte (Character) - 1940
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Maisie Sybil Ames (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet 83% Fast and Furious Lily Cole (Character) - 1939
      86% 85% Another Thin Man Dorothy Waters (Character) - 1939
      94% 88% The Women Miss Watts (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet 20% Honolulu Eve (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Blackmail Helen Ingram (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Within the Law Mary Turner (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet 60% Judge Hardy's Children Margaret "Maggie" Lee (Character) - 1938
      No Score Yet 0% Hold That Kiss Nadine Piermont (Character) - 1938
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Spring Madness Kate McKim (Character) - 1938
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Time Out for Murder Peggy Norton (Character) - 1938
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Rich Man, Poor Girl Joan Thayer (Character) - 1938
      60% 50% Madame X Annette (Character) - 1937

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Vacation Playhouse Edie (Character) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955-1957
      No Score Yet 85% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Paula Hudson (Character) 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1955