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Videos (see all 11)
A Christmas Without Snow (1980) -- A divorced woman moves to a new city with her child, trying to build her life again. She joins the choir of a local church but has some personality conflicts with the choirmaster...
Awakenings (1990) -- Clip: Robin Williams presents De Niro
Humoresque (1946) -- Trailer for this classic based on the novel
The North Star (1943) -- A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.
Awakenings (1990) -- The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
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Overview

Date of Birth:
2 August 1905, Saginaw, Michigan, USA more
Date of Death:
12 September 1992, New York City, New York, USA more
Mini Biography:
Stage actress Ruth Nelson biggest claim to fame was as one of the founding... more
Trivia:
Died of cancer complicated by stroke and pneumonia
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Filmography

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Actress:
  1. Lethal Innocence (1991) (TV) .... Bernice
  2. Awakenings (1990) .... Mrs. Lowe

  3. The Haunting Passion (1983) (TV) .... Judith Granville
  4. Skokie (1981) (TV) .... Grandma Jannsen
    ... aka Once They Marched Through a Thousand Towns (UK)
  5. "Hart to Hart" .... Ida Cox (1 episode, 1981)
        - Blue Chip Murder (1981) TV episode .... Ida Cox
  6. A Christmas Without Snow (1980) (TV) .... Inez

  7. A Wedding (1978) .... Beatrice Sloan Cory
  8. 3 Women (1977) .... Mrs. Rose
    ... aka Robert Altman's 3 Women (USA: complete title)
  9. The Late Show (1977) .... Mrs. Schmidt

  10. Arch of Triumph (1948) .... Madame Fessier
  11. Mother Wore Tights (1947) .... Miss Ridgeway
  12. The Sea of Grass (1947) .... Selina Hall, Sam Hall's Wife
  13. Humoresque (1946) .... Mama Esther Boray
  14. Till the End of Time (1946) .... Amy Harper
  15. Sentimental Journey (1946) .... Mrs. McMasters
  16. The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) .... Kate Comstock
  17. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) .... Miss McDonough
  18. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) .... Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' mother
  19. Wilson (1944) .... Ellen Wilson
  20. The Eve of St. Mark (1944) .... Nell West
    ... aka Maxwell Anderson's The Eve of St. Mark (USA: complete title)
  21. None Shall Escape (1944) .... Alice Grimm
  22. The North Star (1943) .... Nadya Simonova
    ... aka Armored Attack (USA: recut version)
Self:
  1. "American Masters" .... Herself (1 episode, 1989)
        - Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) TV episode .... Herself

Additional Details

Genres:
Drama | Romance | Music | War more
Plot Keywords:
Based On Novel | Beautiful Woman | Doctor | Hospital more

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