Ruth Chatterton

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TV Appearances

Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV episode: Hamlet as Gertrude) [1953] (# of episodes: 1)

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (Alison`s House (1952) TV episode) [1952] (# of episodes: 1)

Kraft Television Theatre (TV episode: The Paper Moon) [1952] (# of episodes: 1)

Celanese Theatre (Old Acquaintance (1951) TV episode) [1951] (# of episodes: 1)

The Prudential Family Playhouse (Dodsworth (1950) TV episode .... Fran Dodsworth) [1950] (# of episodes: 1)

The Philco Television Playhouse (TV episode: Suspect) [1948] (# of episodes: 1)

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Awards

Sarah and Son (1930) Academy Awards [1930] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)

Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Awards [1930] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)

Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame (Won/Nominated: Won)

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The Southern Wild

The Pride of the Peacock

The Betrayers

Homeward Borne
 

Ruth Chatterton Biography

Beginning as a chorus girl at age 14, Ruth Chatterton became a Broadway star with "Daddy Long Legs" in 1914. She appeared in such shows as "Mary Rose" and "Come Out of the Kitchen" before moving to Hollywood in 1925. As her film career faded in the late 1930s, she returned to the stage in revivals, and radio and TV performances, including "Hamlet." In the 1950s, she began a successful writing career. She had no children.
 

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  • Occasional, much-younger co-star Bette Davis recalled that Chatterton was "very kind" to her at Warners when Davis was starting out on her career.
  • was also one of the few aviatrices at the time, and was acquainted with Amelia Earhart. Chatterton crisscrossed the U.S. several times solo.
  • After her career ended, she produced several successful novels.
  • In 1930, she was considered for the role of Nancy in a possible M-G-M film version of Charles Dickens` "Oliver Twist," but the studio never made the film. It would have been the first sound version of a Dickens novel.
  • Ruth Chatterton directed Broadway plays beginning in the 1920s, and translated French works for the American stage. She was also a licensed pilot who flew her own plane cross-country.
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