Ruth Warrick

Biography

Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick (June 29, 1916 – January 15, 2005), DM, was a long-time American singer, Hollywood Golden-Age actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children, which she played regularly from 1970 until her death in 2005.

She celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of Citizen Kane to a packed, standing-room-only audience, to which she spoke afterward. (She made her film debut as Kane's first wife.) Over the years, she collected several books about Orson Welles and Citizen Kane, in which she would write "Property of Ruth Warrick, Mrs. Citizen Kane".

She served as a Licensed Unity Teacher.

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Known For

Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear
Song of the South
Song of the South
Arch of Triumph
Arch of Triumph
Guest in the House
Guest in the House
The Iron Major
The Iron Major
Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day
The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers
Secret Command
Secret Command

Filmography

2001 Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
as Self
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996 The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self
1985 Peyton Place: The Next Generation
as Hannah Cord
1984 Deathmask
as Beatrice VandenBerg
1983 The Returning
as Grace
1970 All My Children
as Phoebe Tyler
1969 The Great Bank Robbery
as Mrs. Applebee
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Aunt Gussie
1965 A Letter to Nancy
as Mrs. Helen Reed
1964 Daniel Boone
as Wise Woman
1964 Peyton Place
as Hannah Cord
1961 The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961 Father of the Bride
as Eleanor "Ellie" Banks
1957 Perry Mason
as Mrs. Winlock
1955 Gunsmoke
as Clara Benteen
1954 Roogie's Bump
as Mrs. Rigsby
1952 Cavalcade of America
as Lydia Darragh
1952 Short Short Dramas
as
1950 One Too Many
as Helen Mason