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name: "Ruth Hussey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruth-hussey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 October 1911"
died: "19 April 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:54:43.927813+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 Hussey

Actor. Born 30 October 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Died 19 April 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 October 1911, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- **Died:** 19 April 2005
- **Also known as:** Ruth March, Рут Хасси, Ruth Carol Hussey

## Biography

Ruth Hussey was an American actress. She was born Ruth Carol Hussey on 30 October 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died on 19 April 2005 in Newbury Park, California.

After summer stock and work as a radio fashion commentator and model, she signed with MGM and made her film debut in 1937. She appeared in films including *The Women* (1939), *Another Thin Man* (1939), *Northwest Passage* (1940) and *The Uninvited* (1944). Hussey received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie in *The Philadelphia Story* (1940). She also worked in television, including an episode of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1956), and on stage, appearing on Broadway in *State of the Union* (1945).

In 1942 she married talent agent Charles Robert Longenecker; they had three children.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Philadelphia Story* (1940), Fi1m 84, as Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-philadelphia-story.md)

## Also known for

- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Paula Hudson
- *The Uninvited* (1944), Pamela Fitzgerald
- *The Women* (1939), Miss Wattson
- *Another Thin Man* (1939), Dorothy Waters
- *Northwest Passage* (1940), Elizabeth Browne

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