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Ruth Ford

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Actress

The Resume

    (July 7, 1911-August 12, 2009)
    Born in Brookhaven, Mississippi
    Modeled for Harper's, Vogue and Mademoiselle
    Member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre
    Appeared in the films 'Secret of the Lone Wolf' (1941), 'Lady Gangster' (1942), 'Murder in the Big House' (1942), 'The Gorilla Man' (1943), 'Wilson' (1944), 'The Keys of the Kingdom' (1944), 'The Woman Who Came Back' (1945), 'Act One' (1963), 'Play It As It Lays' (1972) and 'Too Scared To Scream' 91985)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Danton's Death' (1938), 'No Exit' (1946), 'This Time Tomorrow' (1947), 'Requiem for a Nun' (1959), 'Dinner At Eight' (1966), 'The Grass Harp' (1971) and 'Harold and Maude' (1980)

Why she might be annoying:

    She tried to shave four years off her age, claiming to have been born in 1915.
    She said, 'I made so many terrible movies in Hollywood.'
    She became estranged from her daughter in a dispute over the disposition of a share of her mother-in-law's estate that had been left to her late husband.
    Her companion during the 70s was a campus radical half her age.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She said about her decision to settle in NYC, 'After I had seen New York, well, what the hell was I going to do in Mississippi? Marry a shoe salesman?'
    While attending Ole Miss, she became friends with William Faulkner, who wrote his only play, 'Requiem for a Nun,' with her in mind.
    Her apartment at the Dakota became a literay salon, hosting Faulkner, Truman Capote, Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams among others.
    'West Side Story' was created thanks to a chance meeting at her apartment between composer Stephen Sondheim and playwright Arthur Laurents.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying