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name: "Ruth Goetz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruth-goetz"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 January 1908"
died: "12 October 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T01:54:55.406545+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ruth Goetz

Writer. Born 11 January 1908 in Philadelphia. Died 12 October 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 January 1908, Philadelphia
- **Died:** 12 October 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Goetz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23009030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324537/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1159912

## Biography

Ruth Goetz was an American playwright and screenwriter. She collaborated extensively with her husband, Augustus Goetz, on stage plays and screenplays.

Born in Philadelphia, she worked early in her career as a story editor and costume designer. The couple's best-known work was their 1947 Broadway adaptation of Henry James's novel *Washington Square*, retitled *The Heiress*. They wrote the screenplay for the 1949 film version directed by William Wyler.

Their other screen credits include *Carrie* (1952). Goetz was active in the Dramatists Guild and mentored young playwrights through the Young Playwrights Festival.

*Sources: nytimes.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Heiress* (1949), Fi1m 90, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Theatre Play
- *Stage Struck* (1958), Screenplay
- *Rhapsody* (1954), Adaptation
- *Carrie* (1952), Writer
- *The Heiress* (1949), Screenplay — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)

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