Ruth Roman

Ruth Roman, born Norma Roman born on December 22, 1922 - September 9th, 1999 was an American actress. Her professional career began on the east coast as a stage actor and then moved to Hollywood to pursue a career with films. Before she was cast in western Harmony Trail (1944), Roman was also featured as the main character in Jungle Queen (1945), the first time she was credited with a role. The actress was nominated for the Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year – actress for her performance in Champion (1949). In the beginning of 1950 she was contracted with Warner Bros., where she appeared in a range of films which included the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).In the late 1950s, after quitting Warner Bros., Roman continued to be a film star and also began playing the roles of guest stars in TV series. She also worked abroad and made films in England, Italy, and Spain. In 1956, she was also an onboard passenger of the SS Andrea Doria that collided with another vessel and sank. She was awarded the Sarah Siddons Award in 1959 for her performance in the play Two for the Seesaw. The numerous appearances on television have earned her a place on the Hollywood Walk of FameNorma Roman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Mary Pauline (nee Gold) and Abraham "Anthony" Roman. A fortune teller told her mother that "Norma was lucky,"" she was given the name Ruth. Her mother was a dancer , and her father was a barker in a carnival sideshow they owned in Revere Beach. There were two sisters older than her: Ann and Eve.