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Ruth White (actress) (Ruth Patricia White) was born on 24 April, 1914 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S., is an American actress. Discover Ruth White (actress)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
| Popular As |
Ruth Patricia White |
| Occupation |
Actress |
| Age |
55 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
24 April, 1914 |
| Birthday |
24 April |
| Birthplace |
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Date of death |
3 December, 1969 |
| Died Place |
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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Ruth White (actress) Height, Weight & Measurements
At 55 years old, Ruth White (actress) height not available right now. We will update Ruth White (actress)'s Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Ruth White (actress) Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ruth White (actress) worth at the age of 55 years old? Ruth White (actress)’s income source is mostly from being a successful actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Ruth White (actress)'s net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
actress |
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Timeline
Ruth Patricia White (April 24, 1914 – December 3, 1969) was an American actress who worked in theatre, film, and television.
She won Emmy and Obie awards, and was a Tony Award nominee.
A lifelong resident of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, White was of Irish Catholic descent.
She attended St. Mary's High School and graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature from New Jersey College for Women, now Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University in 1935.
While pursuing her acting career in nearby New York City, she taught acting and drama at Seton Hall University.
White began her acting career in 1940 as an apprentice at the Cape May Playhouse.
Late in World War II, she spent six months in Alaska and the Aleutians touring with a USO troupe.
For five years, beginning in 1948, she was the leading resident actress at Bucks County Playhouse.
White's Broadway debut came in The Ivy Green (1949).
White's career was delayed in the late 1950s while she nursed her ailing mother.
She appeared in off-Broadway plays of Samuel Beckett ("Happy Days") and Edward Albee ("Malcolm" and "Box").
Among her film appearances are her role as Mother Marcella in Fred Zinnemann's The Nun's Story (1959) and as the cantankerous, aged Mrs. Dubose, who yells at the precocious children Jem, Scout, and Dill from her front porch in Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
By the end of the 1960s, she had become one of New York's most highly praised and in demand character actresses, and appeared in Midnight Cowboy, Hang 'Em High and No Way To Treat A Lady.
White's final film role was in The Pursuit of Happiness, released 14 months after her death.
In 1962, White won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her work in the play Happy Days.
In 1964, she won an Emmy Award for her role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Movie Little Moon of Alban.
She earned a Tony Award nomination in 1968 for her role in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party.
White, who never married, died of cancer on December 3, 1969, aged 55.
She was survived by her brothers, Richard and Charles, and her sister, Mrs. Genevieve Driscoll.
She was predeceased by another sister,
Mary Cecile White, who served as president of the Perth Amboy Teachers Union Local 857.
She is interred with her brothers Charles and Richard in the family plot at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
