---
name: "Ruth Kobart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruth-kobart"
fi1m_id: "ruth-kobart"
imdb_id: "nm0461974"
tmdb_id: 14789
wikidata_id: "Q3942972"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 April 1924"
died: "14 December 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:16:32.901348+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."
---

# Ruth Kobart

## Identity

Ruth Kobart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ruth-kobart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ruth-kobart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0461974
- **TMDB ID:** 14789
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3942972
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Kobart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3942972, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14789

Actor. Born 24 April 1924 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Died 14 December 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 April 1924, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 14 December 2002
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Kobart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3942972, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14789

## Biography

Ruth Kobart (born Ruth Maxine Kohn) was an American actress and singer. Born on 24 April 1924 in Des Moines, Iowa, she studied opera at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago before making her professional debut in an off-Broadway production of Hänsel und Gretel. Her career spanned opera, Broadway musical theatre, regional theatre, film and television over six decades.

She appeared on Broadway in productions including How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), for which she reprised her role of Miss Jones in the 1967 film adaptation, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Kobart was a long-time member of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. On screen, she played the bus driver in Dirty Harry (1971) and a choir nun in Sister Act (1992) and its 1993 sequel.

Kobart died of pancreatic cancer on 14 December 2002 in San Francisco, aged 78.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dirty Harry* (1971), Fi1m 74, as Bus Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-harry.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), as Choir Nun
- *Bob* (1992), series, as Iris Frankel
- *Sister Act* (1992), as Choir Nun
- *Acting Sheriff* (1991), as Dispatcher Helen Munson
- *First Impressions* (1988), series, as Mrs. Madison
- *Life with Lucy* (1986), series, as Mrs. Finley
- *The Lady from Yesterday* (1985), as Ida
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, as Waitress
- *Baby Sister* (1983), as Mrs. Clark
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Mrs. Fustino — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Female Golfer
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Nurse
- *Archie Bunker's Place* (1979), series, Actor
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, as Millie
- *The McLean Stevenson Show* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Motel Manager
- *Dirty Harry* (1971), as Bus Driver — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-harry.md)
- *Petulia* (1968), as Nun
- *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1967), as Miss Jones
- *The Patty Duke Show* (1963), series, Actor

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