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Acting

Ruth Hussey

Career: Active from 1938 to 1973, busiest in 1939 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: The Philadelphia Story
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ruth Hussey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.1, average 4.1
Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.1, average 4.8
Crime
2.1, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Wholesome Entertainment 4
Classic Romantic Comedy 3
Historical Drama 2
Warfare 2
Gentle Humor 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Underdog Story 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Witty Banter 2
Class Conflict 2
Family Dynamics 2
Melancholic Atmosphere 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

2 titles · average score 54

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

as Maggie Cartwright

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

54

as Voice Over

1960s

3 titles · average score 58

Vacation Playhouse

TV show · as Nurse Edie Ramsey

The Facts of Life

58

as Mary Gilbert

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

TV show · as Maid

1950s

16 titles · average score 66

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

72

TV show · as Maia

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Paula Hudson

MGM Parade

TV show

Climax!

51

TV show · as Martha / Katherine Benson

The Lady Wants Mink

as Nora Connors

Woman of the North Country

as Christine Powell

Stars and Stripes Forever

72

as Jennie Sousa

That's My Boy

53

as Ann Jackson

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

as Mary

Louisa

66

as Meg Norton

Mr. Music

56

as Lorna Marvis

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Irene / Linda Carson

1940s

17 titles · average score 64

I, Jane Doe

65

as Eve Meredith Curtis

The Uninvited

84

as Pamela Fitzgerald

Tender Comrade

55

as Barbara Thomas

Marine Raiders

63

as Lt. Ellen Foster

Pierre of the Plains

as Daisy Denton

Tennessee Johnson

76

as Eliza McCardle Johnson

Our Wife

65

as Professor Susan Drake

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

69

as Cordelia 'Kay' Motford Pulham

Married Bachelor

63

as Norma Haven

The Philadelphia Story

88

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie

Susan and God

44

as Charlotte

Flight Command

50

as Lorna Gray

1930s

16 titles · average score 61

Within the Law

65

as Mary Turner

Blackmail

68

as Helen Ingram

Fast and Furious

65

as Lily Cole

Maisie

57

as Sybil Ames

Another Thin Man

72

as Dorothy Waters

The Women

74

as Miss Wattson

Rich Man, Poor Girl

61

as Joan Thayer

Spring Madness

50

as Kate McKim

Marie Antoinette

71

as Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)

Judge Hardy's Children

63

as Margaret Lee

Madame X

60

as Annette

Big City

65

as Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)