1. Ruth Thane McDevitt was an American film, stage, radio, and television actress.
10 Facts About Ruth McDevitt
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The daughter of John Barnabas Shoecraft and Elizabeth Imber Shoecraft, McDevitt was born in Coldwater, Michigan, but grew up in Ohio.
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Ruth McDevitt made her debut on Broadway in 1940, and succeeded her friend Josephine Hull in Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, and The Solid Gold Cadillac.
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Ruth McDevitt acted on radio, portraying the title character's mother in Keeping up with Rosemary and Jane in This Life Is Mine.
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On television, Ruth McDevitt portrayed Bessie Thatcher in the DuMont drama A Woman to Remember.
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Ruth McDevitt played Mom Peepers in the 1950s sitcom Mister Peepers and Grandma Hanks on CBS's Pistols 'n' Petticoats.
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Ruth McDevitt was a regular on The Everly Brothers Show and the NBC soap Bright Promise from September 1969 to June 1970.
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Ruth McDevitt had a regular role as Emily Cowles on Kolchak: the Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin.
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Ruth McDevitt died, aged 80, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Ruth McDevitt appeared in a The Streets of San Francisco episode "Winterkill" from season 2 on December 13,1973.