Ruth Roman

Ruth Roman

Ruth Roman (December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. After playing stage roles in the East Coast, she relocated to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. She appeared in several uncredited bit parts before she was cast in the western Harmony Trail (1944) and the serial Jungle Queen (1945), her first credited film performances. She achieved her first notable success with a role in The Window (1949) and a year later was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in Champion (1949). In the early 1950s, she was under contract to Warner Bros., where she starred in a variety of films, including the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951). In the mid-1950s, she continued starring in films and also began playing guest roles in television series. Her television appearances earned her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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