Ruta Lee
Ruta Lee ( * May 30, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Canadian actress.
- 3.1 Movies
- 3.2 TV series
Life
Early years and career as an actress
Ruta Mary Kilmonis was born as a child of two Lithuanian immigrants in Montreal. Her father worked as a tailor, her mother a housewife. In 1948 the family moved to Los Angeles, where she in 1954, the North Hollywood High School graduating. Then she began to study acting at the Los Angeles City College and at the University of California, Los Angeles. For this, they also appeared in various plays.
But your livelihood she earned as a cashier, usher and candy seller in the Grauman 's Chinese Theatre.
Shortly afterwards, she landed a role in the Oscar - nominated film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954 ) and was taken by Warner Bros. under contract. As part of this they came in several films in supporting roles, as in Funny Face (1957 ), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and The victorious Three ( 1962) on, but above all she was seen in an episode of roles in television series from Warner Bros.. Here she played alongside stars such as Roger Moore, Clint Eastwood and James Garner.
Also in the 1970s were episodic work for the largest share in Ruta Lee's work, what they watching frustrated, so she accepted an offer as co-host in the daily game show High Rollers, which she held until 1976.
In the late 1980s her appearances increased again, as she played in the television series Coming of Age for the first time a major role, but the series was canceled after 15 episodes. The following year, she starred in the TV movie Sweet Bird of Youth alongside Elizabeth Taylor. In the same year, she also took a voice in the animated movie Scooby- Doo and the Ghoul School.
In the 1990s she had a recurring role in the television series Roseanne. Since 2000 television films made their activity focus. In the direct-to- DVD production A Christmas Too Many (2007) she played a starring role opposite Mickey Rooney.
Private life
In 1976 she married the Texan Restaurant owner B. Webster " Webb " Lowe, Jr. Ruta Lee has no children. In 1964, she called the then Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, to ask him to pardon her grandmother Ludvise Kamandulis, which was located since the Second World War in the Siberian concentration camps. Your grandmother was pardoned and lived from 1966 until her death two years later at Ruta Lee in California.
Social Commitment
Ruta Lee is committed to The Thalians, a charitable organization that fights for disadvantaged young people and mental health.
Awards
In 2006 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her television career. The star is located in front of the Grauman 's Chinese Theatre, where she had previously worked.