Ruth Warrick
Acting

Ruth Warrick

Born 29 June 1916 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA · Died 15 January 2005

Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick (June 29, 1916 – January 15, 2005), DM, was a long-time American singer, Hollywood Golden-Age actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children, which she played regularly from 1970 until her death in 2005. She celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of Citizen Kane to a packed, standing-room-only audience, to which she spoke afterward. (She made her film debut as Kane's first wife.) Over the years, she collected several books about Orson Welles and Citizen Kane, in which she would write "Property of Ruth Warrick, Mrs. Citizen Kane". She served as a Licensed Unity Teacher.

Known for

Citizen Kane
Song of the South
Journey into Fear
Daisy Kenyon
Arch of Triumph
Guest in the House
How to Steal the World
Three Husbands
Forever and a Day
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Studio One
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
Deathmask
The Returning
The Great Bank Robbery
How to Steal the World
Ride Beyond Vengeance
A Letter to Nancy
One Too Many
Let's Dance
Second Chance
Beauty on Parade
Three Husbands
The Great Dan Patch
Make Believe Ballroom
Arch of Triumph
Daisy Kenyon
Driftwood
Song of the South
Perilous Holiday
Swell Guy
China Sky
Guest in the House
Secret Command
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Journey into Fear
The Iron Major
Forever and a Day
Petticoat Larceny
The Corsican Brothers
Obliging Young Lady
Citizen Kane
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