Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, playwright and screenwriter. She began her career performing on Broadway at age 19.

When Ruth Gordon convinced her father, a sea captain, to let her pursue acting she came to New York and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She acted in a few silents made at Fort Lee, …

Oct 26, 2025 · Ruth Gordon, American writer and actress who achieved award-winning acclaim in both pursuits. With her second husband, Garson Kanin, she wrote such movies as A Double Life, Adam’s …

Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal …

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Gordon, Ruth (1896–1985) American actress and screenwriter who received Academy Award nominations for her screenplays Adam's Rib and Pat and Mike and an Oscar for her performance in …

Ruth Gordon was born in Wollaston, Massachusetts on October 30, 1896. Her mother was Annie Ziegler Tapley and her father, Clint Jones, was a ship’s captain turned factory foreman.

Aug 29, 1985 · Ruth Gordon, an actress and writer whose perpetual energies seemed to defy time, died yesterday at her summer home in Edgartown, Mass. She was 88 years old.

A distinguished stage actress through much of the first half of the century, Gordon was also a prolific playwright and screenwriter.

Ruth Gordon Jones (or just simply Ruth Gordon; October 30, 1896 - August 28, 1985) was an American writer and actress who was extremely known by movie roles that she performed past age 70. She …