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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).

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Highest rated movies

100% 93% The Philadelphia Story Watchlist
100% 67% Northwest Passage
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95% 80% The Uninvited
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94% 87% The Women
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86% 85% Another Thin Man
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60% 50% Madame X
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40% 25% Susan and God
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33% 41% The Great Gatsby
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31% That's My Boy
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Pierre of the Plains
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Ruth Hussey

Ruth Hussey H.M. PULHAM, ESQ., Ruth Hussey, Robert Young, 1941 MARINE RAIDERS, Ruth Hussey, 1944 NORTHWEST PASSAGE, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, 1940 RICH MAN POOR GIRL, Ruth Hussey, Lew Ayres, Robert Young, 1938 STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER, Ruth Hussey, Clifton Webb, 1952, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright ANOTHER THIN MAN, (top) Ruth Hussey, Virginia Grey, Muriel Hutchinson, (middle) Tom Neal, Horace McMahon, (bottom) Don Costello, Abner Biberman, 1939 LOUISA, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Hussey, 1950 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, Ruth Hussey, 1940 FLIGHT COMMAND, Ruth Hussey, Robert Taylor, 1940 View more photos

Filmography

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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 60% 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 31% 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 38% Tender Comrade Barbara Thomas (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 100% Tennessee Johnson Eliza McCardle Johnson (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pierre of the Plains Daisy Denton (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 66% 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 40% Flight Command Lorna Gary (Character) - 1940
40% 25% 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% 87% The Women Miss Watts (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 29% 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

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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 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Paula Hudson (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1955