Ruth Hussey
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Ruth Carol Hussey was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story.
Hussey in 1940
Hussey in The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Hussey and husband Bob Longenecker
The Great Gatsby (1949 film)
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The Great Gatsby is a 1949 American historical romance drama film directed by Elliott Nugent and produced by Richard Maibaum, from a screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume. The film stars Alan L
Ruth Hussey
…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 1943 she worked with Ginger Rogers in "Tender Comrade" where she stands out for a rant about rationing during World War Two. In 1946, Hussey…
Original film poster
Producer Richard Maibaum believed that actor Alan Ladd's origins as an "Okie", a poor Oklahoma migrant, made him ideal for the nouveau riche role of millionaire Jay Gatsby.
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