From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story. After working as an actress in summer stock, she returned to Providence a ... nd worked as a radio fashion commentator on a local station. She wrote the ad copy for a Providence clothing store and read it on the radio each afternoon. She was encouraged by a friend to try out for acting roles at the Providence Playhouse. The theater director there turned her down, saying the roles were cast only out of New York City. Later that week, she journeyed to New York City and on her first day there, she signed with a talent agent who booked her for a role in a play starting the next day back at the Providence Playhouse. In New York City, she also worked for a time as a model. She then landed a number of stage roles with touring companies. Dead End toured the country in 1937 and the last theater on the road trip was at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, where she was spotted on opening night by MGM talent scout Billy Grady. MGM signed her to a players contract and she made her film debut in 1937. She quickly became a leading lady in MGM's "B" unit, usually playing sophisticated, worldly roles. For a 1940 "A" picture role, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Elizabeth Imbrie, the cynical magazine photographer and almost-girlfriend of James Stewart's character Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. In 1941, exhibitors voted her the third-most popular new star in Hollywood. Hussey also worked with Robert Taylor in Flight Command (1940), Robert Young in Northwest Passage (1940) and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Van Heflin in Tennessee Johnson (1942), Ray Milland in The Uninvited (1944), and Alan Ladd in The Great Gatsby (1949). In 1946, she starred on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play State of the Union. Her 1949 role in Goodbye, My Fancy on Broadway caused a Billboard reviewer to write: "Miss Hussey brings a splendid aliveness and warmth to the lovely congresswoman...." She filled in for Jean Arthur in the 1955 Lux Radio Theater presentation of Shane, playing Miriam Start, alongside original film stars Alan Ladd and Van Heflin. In 1960, she co-starred in The Facts of Life with Bob Hope. Hussey was also active in early television drama.
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Studio One
as Nancy Edison
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Paula Hudson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Polly Baxter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Climax!
as Katherine Benson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
Vacation Playhouse
as Nurse Edie Ramsey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1963
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Maia
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1959
Producers' Showcase
as Mary Haines
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 18, 1954
General Electric Theater
as Emma
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Lux Video Theatre
as Kit Marlowe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Meg
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Linda Carson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Irene
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Harriet Craig
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Climax!
as Martha
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
Climax!
as Alice Moore
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
as Maid
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 18, 1960
General Electric Theater
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Playwrights '56
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1955
The Christophers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 20, 1953
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 |