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Ruth Nelson (actress)

Ruth Gloria Nelson (August 2, 1905 – September 12, 1992) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Wilson, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Humoresque, 3 Women, The Late Show and Awakenings. She was the wife of John Cromwell, with whom she acted on multiple occasions.

Ruth Nelson

Ruth Gloria Nelson

(1905-08-02)August 2, 1905
Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.

September 12, 1992(1992-09-12) (aged 87)

New York City, U.S.

Actress

1928–1991

Personal life[edit]

Nelson was married twice. She wed actor William Challee on August 2, 1931. They divorced in 1937.[25] In 1947, Nelson married actor/director John Cromwell, whom she had first met two years before on the set of Anna and the King of Siam.[26][27] The marriage lasted 32 years until Cromwell's death in 1979 from a pulmonary embolism.[28]


She was the stepmother of actor James Cromwell.[29][30]

Death[edit]

Nelson died on September 12, 1992, at her home in New York City from brain cancer complicated by a stroke and pneumonia.[8][24]

. Variety. April 28, 1906. p. 5

"Ruth Nelson, daughter of Eva Mudge"

. The New York World. February 6, 1914. p. 2

"Actress Who Saved Life With Flag, And Her Globe-Trotting Daughter; American Flag Saves Actress in Strike Riot; South African Miners Respected Ensign as Emblem of Liberty, Mrs. Nelson Declares"

Mantle, Burns (April 6. 1928). . New York Daily News.

"Laboratorians Produce a Play"

Peak, Mayme Ober (December 18, 1943). . The Boston Globe. p. 12

"I Cover Hollywood: Former Boston Newsman to Play Woodrow Wilson"

. Hollywood Motion Picture Review. December 18, 1944. p. 2

"Keys a Superlative Religious Hit; Production, Direction and Gregory Peck—All Bid for Academy Awards"

. The Pittsburgh Press. December 3, 1946. p. 27

"Ruth Nelson Stars in 'Humoresque; Character Actress in Old Newsboys' Show"

Kissel, Howard (March 30, 1990). . New York Daily News. p. 43

"Times's Passage Melts 'Crucible'"

Watt, Doug (April 6, 1990). . New York Daily News. p. 39

"Second Thoughts on First Nights: Miller's Timelessness, Sorkin's Trifle"

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