Ruth Warrick

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Ruth Warrick
Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJanuary 15, 2005(2005-01-15) (aged 88)
New York City
, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • activist
Years active1940–2005
Spouses
Erik Rolf
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(m. 1938; div. 1945)​
Carl Neubert
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(m. 1950; div. 1952)​
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(m. 1961; div. 1963)​
Robert McNamara
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(m. 1953; div. 1960)​
Frank Freda
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(m. 1972; div. 1973)​
Jarvis Cushing
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(m. 1975; div. 1976)​
Children3

Ruth Elizabeth Warrick[

Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on All My Children, which she played regularly from 1970 until her death in 2005. She made her film debut in Citizen Kane
, and years later celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of the film.

Early life and career

As Emily Monroe Norton, the bride of Orson Welles' character, Charles Foster Kane, in Citizen Kane (1941)

Ruth Warrick was born June 29, 1916, in

Saint Joseph, Missouri,[1] to Frederick Roswell Warrick and Annie Louise Warrick, née Scott. By writing an essay in high school called "Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis", Warrick won a contest to be Miss Jubilesta, Missouri's paid ambassador to New York City. There she began her career as a radio singer, and met her first husband Erik Rolf.[citation needed
]

Warrick's first big break was being hired by a young Orson Welles for Citizen Kane (1941), in which she played Emily Monroe Norton, niece of the President of the United States and Kane's first wife. Welles pulled her photograph from the hundreds he had been sent by agents; he recognized her from a radio show they had worked on together in 1938. He spoke with her in New York: "I'm not looking for an actress that can play a lady," he said, "I want an actress who is a lady." She was in California within days, making several screen tests including one with Welles, and was regarded as perfect for the role.[2]: 246–247 [3] Warrick was expecting her first child during the filming of Kane, which prevented her being cast in The Magnificent Ambersons;[2]: 267, 315–316  but she worked on a 1942 episode ("My Little Boy") of Welles's radio series,[4][5] and Welles hired her again for Journey into Fear (1943).[2]: 328 

She appeared in The Corsican Brothers, The Iron Major, Mr. Winkle Goes to War, and Guest in the House. Following World War II, she had a role in the

One Too Many (all 1950).[6]

In the 1950s, she befriended soap opera executives Irna Phillips and Agnes Nixon. Warrick became a cast member on the soap opera The Guiding Light, playing Janet Johnson, R.N. from 1953 to 1954. Phillips was impressed by Warrick's performance and hired her for her new soap opera, As the World Turns when the show debuted in 1956. Her character, Edith Hughes, was madly in love with a married man, Jim Lowell. Phillips wanted the characters to live happily ever after, but Procter & Gamble, which owned the show, demanded that the characters not endorse adultery, so Jim "died". She stayed on the show until 1960.

From 1959 to 1960, she understudied for

The Great Bank Robbery. During this time, Agnes Nixon had been moving up the daytime television ranks. She had created her own show, One Life to Live, in 1968. ABC approved her new show, All My Children
, in 1969.

All My Children

As Mrs. Emmeline Marshall in the Broadway musical Irene

When All My Children debuted on January 5, 1970, Warrick was among the contracted cast, playing Pine Valley's imperious matriarch

Daytime Emmy Award
nominations in 1975 and 1977.

Due to health problems, actor Louis Edmonds, who portrayed Warrick's All My Children husband, left the show in 1995. Combined with Warrick's own health problems, that signaled a reduction in her screen time in the 1990s. Warrick broke her hip while on vacation in Greece in 2001 and thenceforth used a wheelchair. She had a brief re-emergence in 2002 when Phoebe made a return appearance at a hospital board meeting and later attended a society function with niece Brooke. Warrick was seldom on screen, but did appear on All My Children's 35th anniversary show on January 5, 2005. This would be Warrick's final screen appearance.[7]

Singing, writing and politics

In 1971, she published a single with the song 41,000 Plus 4 The Ballad of the Kent State Massacre as a tribute to

Daytime Emmy Award
for Lifetime Achievement in 2004.

Warrick was a member of the

1980 defeat, she sent him a long letter thanking him for his efforts. He replied, telling her that if he had hired her as a speechwriter, he would have been reelected. Warrick had generally liberal political views. In her first years at All My Children, Warrick was flustered by her character's conservative politics and support of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
, which Warrick strongly opposed.

In July 2000, she refused to accept a lifetime achievement award from the South Carolina Arts Commission because she was offended by legislators' decision to move the

African American
rights, she felt the flag should be removed completely, and commented, "In my view, this was no compromise. It was a deliberate affront to the African-Americans, who see it as a sign of oppression and hate".

In 1991, Warrick received a certification as a licensed metaphysical teacher from a Unity school in Lee's Summit, Missouri.[9]

Death

Warrick died of complications related to pneumonia on January 15, 2005, aged 88, at her home in Manhattan.[1]

Legacy

The January 24, 2005 episode of All My Children was dedicated "In Loving Memory of Ruth Warrick". Phoebe died offscreen on May 4.[10] Phoebe's funeral was aired May 12, 2005. The episode featured many of Warrick's most notable performances as flashbacks, and included the return of many of the characters who had been heavily involved in her storylines over the years. Warrick was included in the memorial tribute at the 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards.[citation needed]

Film historian Scott Feinberg conducted the final interview with Warrick on August 14, 2004, at her apartment in New York City. After her death, her family put much of her estate in an auction.[11]

The auction included her extensive collection of art and photographs, as well as books signed by Bill and Hillary Clinton. Signed scripts from Peyton Place and All My Children, as well as her

Saint Joseph, Missouri
.

Film credits

Year Title Role Notes
1940 Citizen Kane trailer Herself, Emily Monroe Norton Short[12]: 360 
1941 Citizen Kane Emily Monroe Norton Kane Film debut[6]
1941 The Corsican Brothers Isabelle Gravini [6]
1942 Obliging Young Lady Linda Norton [6]
1943 Journey into Fear Stephanie Graham [6]
1943 Forever and a Day Leslie Trimble [6]
1943 Petticoat Larceny Pat Mitchell
1943 The Iron Major Florence Ayres Cavanaugh [6]
1944 Secret Command Lea Damaron
1944 Guest in the House Ann Proctor [6]
1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War Amy Winkle [6]
1944 Secret Command Lea Damaron [6]
1945 China Sky Dr. Sara Durand [6]
1946 Perilous Holiday Agnes Stuart [6]
1946 Song of the South Sally [6]
1947 Swell Guy Ann Duncan [6]
1947 Driftwood Susan Moore [6]
1947 Daisy Kenyon Lucile O'Mara [6]
1948 Arch of Triumph Kate Bergstroem Scenes removed[13]
1949 Make Believe Ballroom Liza Lee [6]
1949 The Great Dan Patch Ruth Treadwell [6]
1950 Beauty on Parade Marian Medford [6]
1950 Second Chance Emily Dean [6]
1950 Let's Dance Carola Everett [6]
1950 Three Husbands Jane Evans [6]
1951
One Too Many
 		Helen Mason / Helen Leroy Lintz [6]
1954 Roogie's Bump Mrs. Rigsby [6]
1961–1962 Father of the Bride Ellie Banks TV series main cast; 34 episodes
1964 Perry Mason Mrs. Winlock S8 Ep. 13: "The Case of the Blonde Bonanza": [6]
1965 A Letter To Nancy Mrs. Helen Reed
1965 Gunsmoke Clara Benteen “The Storm” (S11E2)
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance Aunt Gussie [6]
1968 How to Steal the World Alice Garrow
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
 		Mrs. Applebee [6]
1983 The Returning Grace
1984 Death Mask Beatrice VandenBerg

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Carr, David (January 18, 2005). "Ruth Warrick, Veteran Film and TV Star, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  2. ^
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  3. Archive of American Television
    . Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "The Mercury Theatre". RadioGOLDINdex. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "1941 Orson Welles Show". Internet Archive. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Ruth Warrick". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Butler, Desmond. "'All My Children' star Ruth Warrick dies". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press.
  8. ^ Brummer, Justin. "Vietnam War: Kent / Jackson State Songs". RYM. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  9. ^ "Film, Television and Stage Legend Ruth Warrick, Star of 'All My Children' and 'Citizen Kane,' Dies at 88". The Futon Critic/ABC. January 18, 2005. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  10. ^ "All My Children Recaps: The week of May 2, 2005 on AMC". soapcentral.com.
  11. ^ Profile, dawsonandnye.com; accessed March 29, 2015.
  12. ISBN 0-06-016616-9
    .
  13. ^ "Arch of Triumph". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

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