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Portrait of Ruth Dunning

Acting

Ruth Dunning

Career

Active from 1938 to 1980, with a break from 1939 to 1952, busiest in 1960 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hoffman
Hoffman
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruth Dunning Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Showbiz
    0.1, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Class Conflict 2
  • Unreliable Narrator 2
  • Slow-Burn Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Jude
Jude (1980)

as Fay

1970s

10 titles · average score 65
Children of the Stones
Children of the Stones (1977)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Mrs. Crabtree

The Black Panther
The Black Panther (1977)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lesley's Mother

The Upchat Line
The Upchat Line (1977)

TV show · as Magistrate

Seven Faces of Woman
Seven Faces of Woman (1974)

TV show · as Queenie

An Unofficial Rose
An Unofficial Rose (1974)

TV show

The House in Nightmare Park
The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

as Agnes Henderson

The Sextet
The Sextet (1972)

TV show · as Betty Atherton / Maud Ramsdale

Night Duty
Night Duty (1972)

as Mrs. Trent

Hoffman
Hoffman (1970)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mrs. Mitchell

Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred (1970)

as Aunt Meg

1960s

10 titles · average score 68
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

TV show · as Miss Hedder

Theatre 625
Theatre 625 (1964)

TV show · as The Grand Duchess

The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mother Stirling

Dangerous Afternoon
Dangerous Afternoon (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

as Miss Letty Frost / Irma Randall

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Mrs. Dove

Where I Live
Where I Live (1960)

as Jessy Turner

Urge to Kill
Urge to Kill (1960)
GoodWatch score 58

as Auntie B

Theatre '70
Theatre '70 (1960)

TV show · as Mrs. Gillis

And Women Shall Weep
And Women Shall Weep (1960)

as Mrs. Lumsden

I'll Have You to Remember
I'll Have You to Remember (1960)

as Millicent James

1950s

9 titles · average score 64
Hot Summer Night
Hot Summer Night (1959)

as Nell Palmer

The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth (1959)

as Mrs. Antrobus

Fair Game
Fair Game (1958)

TV show · as Mrs Shaw

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Ethel Batty / Dora

It's a Great Day
It's a Great Day (1955)

as Gladys Grove

Man of the Moment
Man of the Moment (1955)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gladys Grove (uncredited)

The Grove Family
The Grove Family (1954)

TV show · as Gladys Grove

The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

as Prison Matron

Intimate Relations
Intimate Relations (1953)

as Leonie

1940s

1 title · average score 63
The Woman in the Hall
The Woman in the Hall (1947)
GoodWatch score 63

as Shirley Dennison

1930s

1 title
Save a Little Sunshine
Save a Little Sunshine (1938)

as Miss Dickson