Ruth Hussey

​Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis Ruth Carol Hussey (30 Oktober 1911 – 19 April 2005) adalah seorang aktris Amerika yang terkenal karena perannya yang dinominasikan Academy Award sebagai fotografer Elizabeth Imbrie dalam The Philadelphia Story. Setelah bekerja sebagai aktris di bursa musim panas, dia kembali ke Providence dan bekerja sebagai komentator mode radio di stasiun lokal. Dia menulis salinan iklan untuk toko pakaian Providence dan membacanya di radio setiap sore. Dia didorong oleh seorang teman untuk mencoba peran akting di Providence Playhouse. Sutradara teater di sana menolaknya, dengan mengatakan bahwa peran tersebut hanya dilakukan di luar Kota New York. Belakangan minggu itu, dia melakukan perjalanan ke New York City dan pada hari pertamanya di sana, dia menandatangani kontrak dengan agen bakat yang memesankannya untuk peran dalam sebuah drama yang dimulai keesokan harinya di Providence Playhouse. Di New York City, dia juga pernah bekerja sebagai model. Dia kemudian mendapatkan sejumlah peran panggung dengan perusahaan tur. Dead End melakukan tur keliling negara pada tahun 1937 dan teater terakhir dalam perjalanan tersebut adalah di Biltmore Hotel di Los Angeles, di mana dia terlihat pada malam pembukaan oleh pencari bakat MGM Billy Grady. MGM mengontraknya ke kontrak pemain dan dia membuat debut filmnya pada tahun 1937. Dia dengan cepat menjadi wanita terkemuka di unit "B" MGM, biasanya memainkan peran yang canggih dan duniawi. Untuk peran gambar "A" tahun 1940, dia dinominasikan untuk Academy Award atas perannya sebagai Elizabeth Imbrie, fotografer majalah sinis dan hampir menjadi pacar karakter James Stewart, Macaulay Connor di The Philadelphia Story. Pada tahun 1941, peserta pameran memilihnya sebagai bintang baru terpopuler ketiga di Hollywood. Hussey juga bekerja dengan Robert Taylor di Flight Command (1940), Robert Young di Northwest Passage (1940) dan H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Van Heflin dalam Tennessee Johnson (1942), Ray Milland dalam The Uninvited (1944), dan Alan Ladd dalam The Great Gatsby (1949). Pada tahun 1946, ia membintangi Broadway dalam drama State of the Union yang memenangkan Hadiah Pulitzer. Perannya pada tahun 1949 dalam Goodbye, My Fancy di Broadway menyebabkan pengulas Billboard menulis: "Miss Hussey membawa semangat dan kehangatan yang luar biasa kepada anggota kongres yang cantik itu...." Dia menggantikan Jean Arthur dalam presentasi Shane di Teater Radio Lux tahun 1955, memerankan Miriam Start, bersama bintang film asli Alan Ladd dan Van Heflin. Pada tahun 1960, dia ikut membintangi The Facts of Life bersama Bob Hope. Hussey juga aktif dalam drama televisi awal.

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story. After working as an actress in summer stock, she returned to Providence and worked as a radio fashion commentator on a local station. She wrote the ad copy for a Providence clothing store and read it on the radio each afternoon. She was encouraged by a friend to try out for acting roles at the Providence Playhouse. The theater director there turned her down, saying the roles were cast only out of New York City. Later that week, she journeyed to New York City and on her first day there, she signed with a talent agent who booked her for a role in a play starting the next day back at the Providence Playhouse. In New York City, she also worked for a time as a model. She then landed a number of stage roles with touring companies. Dead End toured the country in 1937 and the last theater on the road trip was at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, where she was spotted on opening night by MGM talent scout Billy Grady. MGM signed her to a players contract and she made her film debut in 1937. She quickly became a leading lady in MGM's "B" unit, usually playing sophisticated, worldly roles. For a 1940 "A" picture role, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Elizabeth Imbrie, the cynical magazine photographer and almost-girlfriend of James Stewart's character Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. In 1941, exhibitors voted her the third-most popular new star in Hollywood. Hussey also worked with Robert Taylor in Flight Command (1940), Robert Young in Northwest Passage (1940) and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Van Heflin in Tennessee Johnson (1942), Ray Milland in The Uninvited (1944), and Alan Ladd in The Great Gatsby (1949). In 1946, she starred on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play State of the Union. Her 1949 role in Goodbye, My Fancy on Broadway caused a Billboard reviewer to write: "Miss Hussey brings a splendid aliveness and warmth to the lovely congresswoman...." She filled in for Jean Arthur in the 1955 Lux Radio Theater presentation of Shane, playing Miriam Start, alongside original film stars Alan Ladd and Van Heflin. In 1960, she co-starred in The Facts of Life with Bob Hope. Hussey was also active in early television drama.