Roman finally got a decent part: the title role in the lively western Belle Starr's Daughter (1948), in which she arrives in a rough town to avenge her mother's murder.
But in 1956 Roman had the most exciting role of her life; she and her three year old son were returning from Italy aboard the luxury liner Andrea Doria when it was struck by another ship and sunk.
RuthRoman, who disliked the trappings of stardom - she claimed that her only extravagance was a collection of 35 pairs of Indian moccasins - was married and divorced twice, and is survived by her son Richard Roman Hall.
RuthRoman (born December 22, 1922 - died September 9, 1999) was an American actress.
She was born Norma Roman in the Boston suburb of Lynn, Massachusetts and as a young girl pursued her desire to become an actress by enrolling in the prestigious Bishop Lee Dramatic School in Boston.
Rescued, Roman had to wait to learn her son's fate which resulted in a media frenzy for photos as she waited at the pier in New York City for her son's safe arrival aboard one of the rescue ships.
RuthRoman (December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) was an American actress.
Following completion of her studies Roman headed to Hollywood where she obtained bit parts in several films before being cast in the title role in the 1945 thirteen episode serial Jungle Queen.
In one of her most memorable roles, Roman costarred with Farley Granger and Robert Walker in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).
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Ruth won a scholarship to the Bishop Lee Dramatic School after appearing in local community and school plays from the time she was nine.
Although RuthRoman was a gifted dramatic stage star, she is best known for her Hollywood films.
One of her earliest films presented Ruth as an exotic jungle queen.
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My friend Alvah thought that actress RuthRoman was the most beautiful woman in the world.
In real life, RuthRoman was a survivor of the Andrea Doria shipwreck of 1956 and newsreel cameras studied her anxious face as she waited for news that her son was also safe.
To movie buffs and to viewers who discover her by accident while flicking channels, RuthRoman IS a star, and, through Alvah Bessie's eyes, the most beautiful woman in the world.
Curvaceous brunette leading lady RuthRoman came to Hollywood after graduating from the Bishop Lee Dramatic School in Boston.
Although she never achieved the level of stardom in film that many had originally predicted for her, RuthRoman nevertheless worked regularly in film well...
Glamorous RuthRoman acted in many 'A' and 'B' movies from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Born Norma Roman in Lynn, Massachusetts in December 1922, RuthRoman entered films in the early 1940s.
By 1957, Roman was cut loose by Universal, as that studio got rid of most of its contract players in the late 1950s.
RuthRoman plays the title role of Lothel, mysterious leader of an African tribe whose homeland is caught in the middle of a battle between Nazi spies and Allied agents, in this exciting mix of wartime drama and jungle action.
The Romans stayed for the next 400 years, imposing their laws and their lifestyle.
Covers every aspect of everyday life in Roman Britain in town and country, at work, at play and at war.
Through the stories of some of the most famous figures of the time, this book outlines over 400 years of Roman influence in Britain, from Julius Caesar's first invasions and Boudicca's rebellion to the founding of Roman London and the building of Hadrian's Wall, right up to the Roman withdrawal from Britain.
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Roman is the beautiful saloon owner who may be redeemed by love.
RuthRoman manages to hold her own with the mean, but she doesn't generate the onscreen charisma that a Barbara Stanwyck would have been able to in the same kind of role.
In the film, Stewart has two leading ladies to contend with: RuthRoman, a bit too precious to qualify convincingly as a tough sweet gale weathering the worst vicissitudes of the territory and the more gentle, the French Canadian girl Corinne Calvet who does create a nice portrait of a decent girl with good instincts...
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William Shatner is at his over-the-top best as Matt Stone, a disturbed but charismatic con-man, who specializes in bilking lonely widows out of their life savings with phoney investment schemes.
But Matt's past has a way of catching up with him, and all too soon he finds himself cornered and under pressure again, with the impulse to kill growing stronger...
For the Love of Opera Gloves presents a collection of stills of dark beauty RuthRoman wearing white kid opera gloves in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic "Strangers On A Train"!
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Starring: Farley Granger, RuthRoman Director: Alfred Hitchcock MPAA Rating:
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