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Ruth Attaway is a Actor born on 28 june 1910
Ruth Attaway (June 28, 1910 - September 21, 1987) was an American film and stage actress. Among the films she appeared in include Raintree County (1957), Porgy and Bess (1959) and Being There (1979).
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Birth 28 june 1910
Death 21 september 1987 (at 77 years)
Death 21 september 1987 (at 77 years)
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Filmography of Ruth Attaway (9 films)
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Being There (1979)
, 2h10Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about television, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about autism
Actors Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart, Richard Basehart
Roles Louise
Rating78%
Chance (Peter Sellers) is a middle-aged man who lives in the townhouse of an old, wealthy man in Washington, D.C. He is simple-minded and has lived there his whole life, tending the garden. Other than gardening, his knowledge is derived entirely from what he sees on television. When his benefactor dies, Chance naively says he has no claim against the estate, and is ordered to move out. Thus he discovers the outside world for the first time.
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
, 1h38Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Leigh McCloskey, Carl Weathers, Connie Sellecca, Burl Ives, Ruth Attaway
Roles Delia
Rating55%
Magnus Dens (Leigh McCloskey) lies asleep on a Bermuda beach, his hat shading his eyes from the sun. He is approached by a beautiful but mysterious woman (Connie Sellecca), who kneels next to him and notices the coral necklace he is wearing. Removing his hat, she seems to recognize him, and gently caresses his face.
, 1h44Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, Films about hijackings
Actors Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, Dick O'Neill
Roles Mayor's Nurse
Rating75%
In New York City, four men armed with submachine guns and using code names (Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Brown), wearing similar trenchcoat, glasses and mustache disguises, board the Pelham 123 subway train at different station stops. The men take hostage seventeen passengers and the conductor, isolate them in the train's first car and then separate the car from the rest of the train.
Conrack (1974)
, 1h46Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Antonio Fargas, Hume Cronyn, Tina Andrews
Roles Edna
Rating72%
The story follows a young teacher, Pat Conroy (played by Jon Voight), in 1969 assigned to isolated "Yamacraw Island" off the coast of South Carolina and populated mostly by poor black families. He finds out that the children as well as the adults have been isolated from the rest of the world and speak a dialect called Gullah, with "Conrack" of the novel's title being the best they can do to pronounce his last name. The school has only two rooms for all grades combined, with the Principal (Madge Sinclair) teaching grades one through four and Conroy teaching the higher grades. Conroy discovers that the students aren't taught much and will have little hope of making a life in the larger world.
Pie in the Sky (1964)
Directed by Allen Baron
Genres Drama
Actors Lee Grant, Michael Higgins, Roscoe Lee Browne, Robert (Tex) Allen, Sylvia Miles, Ruth Attaway
Roles Farmer's Wife
Rating58%
Porgy and Bess (1959)
, 2h18Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Roles Serena Robbins
Rating69%
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines. She seeks refuge with her neighbors, all of whom refuse to help her. Porgy finally agrees to let her stay with him.
Raintree County (1957)
, 2h46Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor, Nigel Patrick
Roles Parthenia (uncredited)
Rating62%
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey (Montgomery Clift), a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint) by Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor), a rich New Orleans girl. He has a brief and passionate affair with Susanna while she is visiting. Following her return to the South, she comes back to Indiana to tell Shawnessey she is pregnant with his child. John marries her out of honor and duty, leaving Nell heartbroken.
The Young Don't Cry (1957)
, 1h29Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish, Gene Lyons, Paul Carr, Stefan Gierasch
Roles Philomena
Rating60%
Un adolescent solitaire, pensionnaire d'un orphelinat, aide un prisonnier évadé condamné à tort à retrouver sa dignité.
The President's Lady (1953)
, 1h36Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Susan Hayward, Charlton Heston, John McIntire, Fay Bainter, Carl Betz, John George
Roles Moll
Rating67%