Ruth Roman

 Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22nd, 1922-September 9th, 1999)was an American actress of stage, film and television.After acting in stage and screen parts on the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to make a name for herself in film. Before she was cast in the western Harmony Trail (1944), Roman was also cast in the title role in Jungle Queen (1945), which was her first creditable role. The actress was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year and as an Actress for her performance in Champion (1949). In the early 1950s, she was under contract to Warner Bros., where she starred in a variety of films that included the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).In the mid-1950s, after leaving Warner Bros., Roman continued to star in films and also began playing guest roles for television series. Roman also made films in Spain, Italy, and England. She was also a passenger aboard the SS Andrea Doria when it was involved in a collision with another ship and sank in 1956. She was given the Sarah Siddons Award in 1959 for her performance in the play Two for the Seesaw. Her many television appearances earned her a star on the Hollywood Walk of FameNorma Roman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Mary Pauline (nee Gold) and Abraham "Anthony" Roman. She was given the name "Ruth" when an omen-teller informed her mother that "Norma" was an unlucky name. Her mother was a dancer, and her father was a barker at a carnival sideshow which they ran at Revere Beach, Massachusetts. She had two older sisters: Ann and Eve.