The Writeup: A multi talented woman with many different segments of her more than 70 year career in showbiz, Ruth got started in 1915 in a stage production of Peter Pan. She acted on stage, and even in a few silent films in the early part of the century, but her acting career didn't truly begin until 1940's Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), playing Mary Todd Lincoln, and Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940). She also starred in Two-Faced Woman (1941), Edge of Darkness (1943) and Action in the North Atlantic (1943) in the early 40s. In 1942 she married Garson Kanin and the two began writing screenplays together, three of which were Oscar nominated. Together they wrote A Double Life (1947 - Oscar nominated), Adam's Rib (1949 - Oscar nominated), The Marrying Kind (1952), Pat and Mike (1952 - Oscar nominated), and The Actress (1953). In 1966 she returned to acting with a vengeance, giving an Oscar nominated turn in Inside Daisy Clover (1966). She also appeared in Lord Love a Duck (1966) and gave the performance of her career in Rosemary's Baby (1968), winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Ruth may best be remembered as Bud Cort's lover in the black comedy Harold and Maude (1971), a film that has achieved full blown cult status and remains beloved to this day. She acted continuously until her death in 1985, appearing in The Big Bus (1976), Boardwalk (1979), My Bodyguard (1980), Delta Pi (1985) and The Trouble with Spies (1987) among others.