Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman born on December 22nd, 1922-September 9, 1999)was an American actress in stage, film, and television.After performing in stage parts on the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to explore a film career. She was in a variety of part parts that were not acknowledged until she was cast as the leading lady of the western Harmony Trail (1944) and in the title role of the serial film Jungle Queen (1945), her first credited film performances.Roman was first seen in the role of Belle Starr's Daughter as the title character in Belle Starr's Daughter (1948).She made her debut success with a role in The Window (1949) and the following year was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - actress for her performance in Champion (1949). She was an actress on contract with Warner Bros. in the 1950s. Following her departure from Warner Bros. in the mid-1950s she continued to star in films as well as guest roles on television series. Also, she worked in foreign countries and produced films in England, Italy, and Spain. Also, she was a passenger aboard the SS Andrea Doria when it struck another vessel and sank in 1956. She was given the Sarah Siddons Award in 1959 for her performance in the play Two for the Seesaw. Her many television appearances brought her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. FameNorma Roman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Mary Pauline (nee Gold) and Abraham "Anthony" Roman. She was renamed "Ruth" when an omen-teller informed her mother that "Norma" was not a good name. Her mother was a dancer, and her father was a barker in a sideshow at a carnival which they ran in Revere Beach, Massachusetts. She had two older sisters: Ann and Eve.

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