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Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985), better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her films roles such as the oversolicitous neighbor in Rosemary`s Baby and the eccentric life-loving Maude in Harold and Maude. In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous well-known plays, film scripts and books.
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Quotes If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you`ve got imagination, you don`t need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don`t face facts-what can stop you? If I don`t make it today, I`ll come in tomorrow. The best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance. Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. All I wanted out of a career was to look like Hazel Dawn and wear pink feathers. [On winning the Oscar at age 72, after fifty years in show business.] "I can`t tell you how encouraging a thing like this is, for a young actress like myself." "Never give up; and never, under any circumstances, no matter what - never face the facts." "The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she`s just practicing?" "Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?" "The great have no friends. They merely know a lot of people."Trivia Was portrayed by Jean Simmons in the movie, The Actress (1953). Was a close friend of actor Bud Cort. The oldest person to host "Saturday Night Live" (1975). She was born in 1896. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 330-332. New York: Charles Scribner`s Sons, 1998. Her obsession with acting was partly inspired by a performance she attended of "The Pink Lady" at a Boston theatre. It starred Hazel Dawn as a seductive Parisian vamp. Her only child, a son, was the product of an out-of-wedlock relationship with Jed Harris, in between marriages. | ||
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