Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman born on December 22, 1922 (died September 9th, 1999)was an American actress in stage, film, and television.After playing stage parts on the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to explore a film career. Before being cast in the western Harmony Trail (1944), Roman was also seen as the main character in Jungle Queen (1945), which was her first creditable role. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year as an Actress in 1949 for her role in Champion (1949). In the 1950s, she was under contract with Warner Bros., where she was a star in a number of films that included the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).In the mid-1950s, after leaving Warner Bros., Roman continued to be a film star as well as take on part-time roles in television shows. Roman also made films in Spain, Italy, and England. Also, she was a passenger on the SS Andrea Doria when it was involved in a collision with another ship and was sunk in 1956. In 1959, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in the play Two for the Seesaw. Her numerous television appearances earned her a star on the Hollywood Walk of FameNorma Roman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Mary Pauline (nee Gold) and Abraham "Anthony" Roman. When a fortune teller advised her mother that "Norma was not lucky," she was changed to Ruth. Her mother was a dancer, and her father was a barker in a sideshow at a carnival that they operated at Revere Beach, Massachusetts. There were two sisters older than her: Ann and Eve.

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