Ruth Nelson

Actor Aug 2 (died age 87) Saginaw, Michigan, USA 1941–1990 (49 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

Awakenings

1990 · as Mrs. Lowe

7.8

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945 · as Miss McDonough

7.5

3 Women

1977 · as Mrs. Rose

7.1

Known For

Film

Awakenings

Mrs. Lowe

Film

3 Women

Mrs. Rose

Film

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Miss McDonough

Film

Humoresque

Esther Boray

Film

The Keys of the Kingdom

Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother

Film

The Late Show

Mrs. Schmidt

Film

A Wedding

Aunt Beatrice Sloan Cory

Film

Shock

Mrs. Margaret Cross (voice)

Filmography

Acting (23)

Movies (23)

Awakenings

1990

as Mrs. Lowe

7.8

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

as Self

The Haunting Passion

as Judith Granville

Skokie

as Grandma Jannsen

A Christmas Without Snow

1980

as Inez

5.6

A Wedding

1978

as Aunt Beatrice Sloan Cory

3 Women

as Mrs. Rose

The Late Show

as Mrs. Schmidt

Arch of Triumph

as Madame Fessier

The Sea of Grass

as Selina Hall

Humoresque

as Esther Boray

Mother Wore Tights

as Miss Ridgeway

Shock

as Mrs. Margaret Cross (voice)

Till the End of Time

as Amy Harper

Sentimental Journey

as Mrs. McMasters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

as Miss McDonough

7.5

The Girl of the Limberlost

1945

as Kate Comstock

None Shall Escape

as Alice Grimm

Wilson

as Ellen Wilson

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

as Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother

The Eve of St. Mark

as Nell West

The North Star

as Nadya Simonov

One Round Jones