Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman born on December 22, 1922 - - September 9th, 1999)was an American actress of film, stage, and television.After acting in stage and screen roles in the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to make a name for herself in film. She was in a variety of small roles that were not credited, before she was chosen as the lead lady in the western Harmony Trail (1944) and in the title role of the serial film Jungle Queen (1945), her first credit-worthy film performances.Roman first starred in the title role in Belle Starr's Daughter (1948).She made her debut success in the role of The Window (1949) and the following year, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year and the category of Actress for her performance in Champion (1949). She was under contract to Warner Bros. in the 1950s. In the 1950s, she appeared in a variety of films including the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951). Roman also began to appear as a guest on TV series around the middle of the 1950s. Roman also created films in Spain, Italy, and England. In 1956, she was a passenger on the SS Andrea Doria that collided with another vessel and sank. She was recognized with the Sarah Siddons Award in 1959 for her role in the play Two for the Seesaw. Her numerous 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. The fortune-teller who advised her mother that "Norma was lucky,"" she was changed to Ruth. Her mother was a dancer, and her father was a barker at a carnival sideshow that they owned at Revere Beach, Massachusetts. She had two older sisters: Ann and Eve.
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