Ruth Gilbert (actress)
Ruth Gilbert | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | May 8, 1912
Died | October 12, 1993 New York City, U.S. | (aged 81)
Occupation | Actress |
Ruth Gilbert (May 8, 1912 – October 12, 1993
Career
A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Gilbert's role as Alice in the 1931 film Alice in Wonderland was her first major role. The film was made by Metropolitan Studios, an independent film company from Fort Lee, New Jersey.[2] They made it for educational purposes in readiness for the 100th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's birth the following year[2][3]
Gilbert's success in Alice in Wonderland gained her national recognition and this led to her first
She continued to work steadily on Broadway and as a radio actress throughout the 1930s and 1940s. During this period, she appeared as Sadie in
In 1949, Gilbert replaced Lee Grant as the shoplifter in the Broadway run of Detective Story.[5] That same year, she also appeared in the NBC Presents episode entitled, "The Florist Shop", and she became the star of her own short lived TV series, Ruthie on the Telephone, which co-starred Phillip Reed.[6] The latter series was notable in that it was a prime time show in which each episode was only five minutes long.
Gilbert continued to work well into the 1950s. From 1953 to 1955, she played Max, the lovesick, scatterbrained secretary, in ten episodes of
Gilbert's career reached its zenith in the 1950s and thereafter began to slow down. However, a year before her death, she made one last comeback in a cameo as Mrs. Landesman in the film
Death
Gilbert died on October 12, 1993, at a hospice in Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, Manhattan of brain cancer.[4] Her death was mistakenly originally reported as happening on October 13, 1993, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.[7]
References
- ^ "Ruth Gilbert Dead; Actress, 71, Starred on Berle's TV Show". The New York Times. 15 October 1993.
- ^ a b The first talking film of 'Alice In Wonderland' was shot in Fort Lee | NJ.com
- ^ Alice through the projector lens – Den of Geek
- ^ a b c d e Ruth Gilbert; TV, Stage Actress - Los Angeles Times
- ^ a b c d e Ruth Gilbert Dead; Actress, 71, Starred On Berle's TV Show - New York Times
- ^ a b Ruth Gilbert – IMDb
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
External links
- Ruth Gilbert at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ruth Gilbert at IMDb