Gordon, Ruth
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Birthname | Jones, Ruth Gordon | ||||
born on | 30 October 1896 at 05:15 (= 05:15 AM ) | ||||
Place | Quincy, USA, 42n15, 71w00 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American actress from 1915; famous for playing eccentric characters, as in the wonderfully macabre comedy, "Harold and Maude." She won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in "Rosemary's Baby," 1968. Gordon is the author of a half-dozen plays and several screenplays. She had two marriages and one daughter.
Gordon died of a stroke 8/28/1985, Edgartown, MA.
Events
- Work : Prize 1968 (Oscar as Best Supporting Actress)
Source Notes
Frances McEvoy quotes her in an interview with Michael Bamberger in the Boston Globe 8/08/84. She described her birth in detail as the doctor had thought her dead and tried to save her mother. "He tossed me off someplace and was working on my mom when suddenly there was a squeal and he gave me a gew good slaps." The article said that the doctor had come at 5:00 AM and jforthwith delivered the child without ceremony.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Terminal)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games (Painting seascapes)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 88)
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Product Marketing (Merchandise)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Awards : Oscar (Best Supporting Actress)
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- 1896 births
- Birthday 30 October
- Birthplace Quincy, MA (US)
- Sun 7 Scorpio
- Moon 17 Leo
- Asc 24 Libra
- 1985 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Product Marketing
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Awards : Oscar
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women