profile image

Ruth Chatterton

Dec 23, 1892 - Nov 25, 1961 (68 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, one of the few female pilots in the United States at the time. In the late 1930s, Chatterton retired from film acting but continued her career on the stage. She had several TV roles beginning in the late 1940s and became a successful novelist in the 1950s.

Known For

poster
The Philco Television Playhouse
poster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Queen Gertrude
poster
The Rich Are Always with Us
Caroline Van Dyke Grannard
poster
Dodsworth
Fran Dodsworth
poster
Female
Alison Drake
poster
Paramount on Parade
Floozie
poster
Frisco Jenny
Frisco Jenny Sandoval
poster
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Alison Drake (archive footage)
poster
Lilly Turner
Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon
poster
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)

Credits

Images

image
image
image
image
image
image