Ruth Lee
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Ruth Lee (September 14, 1895 - August 3, 1975) was an American film and stage actress. In film she played primarily uncredited parts. As a stage actress she acted in stock theater with the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Lee died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She was married to the actor Grandon Rhodes.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.7637 |
| Birthday | 1895-09-14 |
| Place of Birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Also Known As | Ruth Margaret Lee, |
1949
It Happens Every Spring
6.542/24
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
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It Happens Every Spring
1957
Wild Is the Wind
6.821/14
A widowed Nevada rancher goes to Italy and marries the sister of his deceased wife and brings her back to the ranch, but his haunting memories of his...
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Wild Is the Wind
1945
Mama Loves Papa
10/1
A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is...
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Mama Loves Papa
1943
My Tomato
8/3
Joe Doakes is lamenting to his wife the lack of variety in his meals. In particular, he misses eating stewed tomatoes, the fruit which he believes inc...
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My Tomato
1951
As You Were
7.5/2
In a train station, Army recruiting sergeant Ames attempts to enlist a group of young men with blandishments of travel and glamour in the Army.
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As You Were
1942
Not a Ladies' Man
6.25/4
A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.
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Not a Ladies' Man
1942
The Witness
6.6/5
As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account...
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The Witness
1941
Crime Control
5.5/6
A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders tha...
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Crime Control
1940
The Trouble with Husbands
6.333/6
Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands a...
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The Trouble with Husbands
1946
The Stranger
7.221/637
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of...
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The Stranger
1945
Divorce
6/3
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the...
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Divorce
1944
Tucson Raiders
8/1
In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver then foils the crooked Sheriff's attempt to have Red ki...
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Tucson Raiders
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
5.9/5
A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman speeding away from her wedding day in her fiance's car....
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The Man Who Walked Alone
1954
Hell's Outpost
5.5/6
A returning Korean War vet becomes embroiled in a fight over possession of a tungsten mine.
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Hell's Outpost
1956
High Society
6.8/263
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really st...
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High Society
1946
Ding Dong Williams
7.5/2
Ding Dong Williams, a clarinet player who can neither read nor write music is employed at a motion picture studio. The studio plans to use him and his...
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Ding Dong Williams
1949
Cover Up
6.611/27
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murde...
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Cover Up
1939
How to Eat
6.333/3
Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his stock...
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How to Eat
1939
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
6.571/7
"An average American family", the Middletons, visit the 1939 World's Fair and witnesses the advent of future technology, encountering robots and dishw...
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The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
1939
Sued for Libel
6.3/5
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
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Sued for Libel
1943
Hers to Hold
7/8
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the s...
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Hers to Hold
1946
Idea Girl
8/1
Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat O'Rou...
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Idea Girl
1946
The Dark Horse
7/1
Story of a war veteran, who is persuaded by a machine politico to run for alderman. He finds that disreputable politicians are using his war record to...
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The Dark Horse
1946
Sister Kenny
6.921/19
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validi...
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Sister Kenny
1953
Crime Wave
7.1/82
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then att...
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Crime Wave
1946
The Magnificent Rogue
6.333/3
A serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own very successful advertising agency. Comedy.
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The Magnificent Rogue
1947
The Judge Steps Out
7/3
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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The Judge Steps Out
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
7.497/1146
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grow...
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Shadow of a Doubt
1984
The World of Tomorrow
5.5/2
Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes film images of Jason Robards Jr. as a child at the World's Fai...
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The World of Tomorrow
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
7.684/471
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his wo...
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Monsieur Verdoux
1944
The Town Went Wild
7/2
Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is ab...
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The Town Went Wild
1939
Home Early
10/1
A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.
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Home Early
1944
The Soul of a Monster
5.455/11
A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?
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The Soul of a Monster
1945
Corpus Christi Bandits
9/1
After the Civil War, veteran Jim Christi (Allan Lane) returns to Texas, where he is unjustly accused of murder. In flashback, Mr. Christi relates the...
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Corpus Christi Bandits
1941
How to Take a Vacation
8.333/3
In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.
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How to Take a Vacation
1941
The Forgotten Man
9/2
Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.
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The Forgotten Man
1942
Keeping in Shape
4.5/2
Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.
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Keeping in Shape
1939
Dark Magic
7/3
A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.
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Dark Magic
1951
When I Grow Up
7.333/3
Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather....
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When I Grow Up
1950
And Then There Were Four
5/2
Driving safety film sponsored as a public service by oil companies. Of five drivers who leave home in the morning, only four return, and we wait to le...
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And Then There Were Four
1942
Get Hep to Love
7/2
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Get Hep to Love
1949
Henry, the Rainmaker
7/1
The first of Monogram's "Father" series was Henry, the Rainmaker, assembled in a fast seven days. Henry Latham is an average family man who is galvani...
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Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
Annie Was a Wonder
4.8/10
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as cook...
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Annie Was a Wonder
1944
Main Street Today
6.4/5
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional work...
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Main Street Today
1943
Silver Skates
6.333/3
The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.
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Silver Skates
1950
Your Witness
6.2/10
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is...
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Your Witness
1951
Insurance Investigator
5.667/3
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to...
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Insurance Investigator
1961
Doctor Blood's Coffin
5.259/29
After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research...
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Doctor Blood's Coffin
1952
Young Man with Ideas
5.167/9
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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Young Man with Ideas
1932
The Rich Are Always with Us
5.35/10
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
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The Rich Are Always with Us
1944
Goin' to Town
9/1
General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical joke being played on them.
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Goin' to Town
1945
The Naughty Nineties
6.655/29
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gamblin...
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The Naughty Nineties
1946
Partners in Time
7/2
Squire Skimp has a new plan to swindle the people of Pine Ridge. However, Lum has something more important on his mind. He has to tell a young engaged...
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Partners in Time
1945
Anchors Aweigh
6.84/166
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew...
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Anchors Aweigh
1945
On Stage Everybody
8/1
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
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On Stage Everybody
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
7/1
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.
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Swingin' on a Rainbow
1950
Whirlpool
6.489/94
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients...
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Whirlpool
1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
6.288/26
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee...
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Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
6.125/8
A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
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Keep Your Powder Dry
1944
Hi, Beautiful
9.75/2
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film is also a remake of the 1937 comedy Love in a Bunga...
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Hi, Beautiful
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
6.902/56
A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage...
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The Long, Long Trailer
1951
The Company She Keeps
6.156/16
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
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The Company She Keeps
1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor
5.625/8
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters...
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