Born: 30 October 1896, United States
Died: 28 August 1985
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Ruth Kelly, Ruth Kanin
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1896, Oct. 30 Born, Wollaston, Mass.
1915 Appeared as Nibs in Peter Pan (play)
1918 Married Gregory Kelly (died 1927)
1936 Appeared as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife (play)
1940 Appeared as Mary Todd Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)
1942 Married Garson Kanin
1946 Wrote Years Ago (play)
1949 Wrote Adam’s Rib (film)
1952 Wrote Pat and Mike (film)
1953 Wrote The Actress (film based on play Years Ago)
1955 Appeared as Dolly Levi in The Matchmaker (play)
1965 Appeared as Mrs. Clover in Inside Daisy Clover (film)
1968 Appeared as Minnie Castevet in Rosemary’s Baby (film)
1969 Won 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Rosemary’s Baby
1971 Appeared as Maude in Harold and Maude (film)
1978 Appeared as Ma Boggs in Every Which Way But Loose (film)
1985, Aug. 28 Died, Edgartown, Mass.