Portrait of Ruth McDevitt

Acting

Ruth McDevitt

Titles
27movies44TV shows
Career

Active from 1949 to 1976, with a break from 1953 to 1962, busiest in 1974 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for One of My Wives Is Missing
One of My Wives Is Missing
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ruth McDevitt Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.6, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.6
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.3
  • Tension
    4.3, average 6.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Comfort Watch 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
TypeAllTV shows43Movies27
RoleAnyActing43Appearances1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1940s41950s71960s191970s13
GenreAnyDrama25Comedy18Crime10Mystery8Family7Action & Adventure7Sci-Fi & Fantasy4Western3Talk1Kids1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1970s

13 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch82
Poster for Little House on the Prairie

TV show · as Maddie Elder

GoodWatch90
Poster for Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV show · as Elderly Woman / Emily Cowles

GoodWatch72
Poster for Kojak

TV show · as Mrs. Farenkrug

GoodWatch82
Poster for All in the Family

TV show · as Josephine 'Jo' Nelson / Jo

GoodWatch60
Poster for The New Dick Van Dyke Show

TV show · as Mrs. Ferguson

All 13 titles from the 1970s

1960s

19 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch43
Poster for Love, American Style

TV show · as Theresa

GoodWatch68
Poster for Here's Lucy

TV show · as Mrs. Whitmark

GoodWatch73
Poster for Pistols 'n' Petticoats

TV show · as Grandma Effie Hanks

GoodWatch72
Poster for I Dream of Jeannie

TV show · as Mrs. Horlick

GoodWatch54
Poster for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV show · as Miss Emmy Wright / Mrs. Fister

GoodWatch63
Poster for Dr. Kildare

TV show · as Nurse Adele Fromm

GoodWatch81
Poster for The Andy Griffith Show

TV show · as Mrs. Pendleton

All 19 titles from the 1960s

1950s

7 titles · average score 73
GoodWatch69
Poster for Naked City

TV show · as Abbie Dobbins

GoodWatch71
Poster for Decoy

TV show · as Mrs. Graff

GoodWatch76
Poster for Gunsmoke

TV show · as Gramma Boggs

Poster for Mister Peepers

TV show · as Mom Peepers

GoodWatch76
Poster for Omnibus

TV show · as Eva

Poster for Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Mrs. White

Poster for Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Jane / Mrs. Wheaton

1940s

4 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch62
Poster for Suspense

TV show · as Mrs. Waters / Mrs. Griffin

GoodWatch64
Poster for Studio One

TV show · as Mrs. Clark / Mrs. Wilson

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