Mini-Biography:
Ruth Nelson was born on August 2, 1905 in Saginaw, MI, USA. She was an American Actress, known for Sea of Grass (1947), Awakenings (1990), The North Star (1942), Ruth Nelson's first movie on record is from 1942. Ruth Nelson died on September 12, 1992 in New York, NY, US. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1990.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1990: Awakenings (Cast), Directed by Penny Marshall, with Robert De Niro, Alice Drummond, John Heard,
1948: Arch of Triumph (Arco di Trionfo) (Cast), Directed by Lewis Milestone, with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton,
1947: Sea of Grass (Cast: Selina), Directed by Elia Kazan, with Naomi Childers, Edgar Buchanan, Spencer Tracy,
1946: Till the end of time (The Dream of Home (Working title), They Dream of Home (Working title)) (Cast: Amy Harper), Directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum,
1946: Humoresque (Cast: Esther Boray), Directed by Jean Negulesco, with John Abbott, Bobby Blake, Paul Cavanagh,
1945: A Tree grows in Brooklyn (Cast: Miss McDonogh), Directed by Elia Kazan, with John Alexander, Joan Blondell, Ted Donaldson,
1944: The Keys of the Kingdom (Cast: Mrs. Chisholm - Francis' Mother), Directed by John M. Stahl, with Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price,
1942: The North Star (Armored Attack) (Cast), Directed by Lewis Milestone, with Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, Walter Brennan,
Bibliography
Lothar R. Just, Filmjahrbuch 1993, Heine Filmbibliothek; The Motion Picture Guide, 1993 annual