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June 29, 1916 - January 15, 2005

Today would've been the 97th birthday of a marvelous actress.  One note before I begin, some sources give her year of birth as 1915---in a 1999 interview with the Archive of American Television the actress herself said her DOB was 6/29/16 so I will go with that for the purpose of this blog.

I'll just mention some selected works from her long list of projects...

Films (limited):
Citizen Kane (1st film)
China Sky
Song of the South

Television (limited):
"Guiding Light" (1953-1954) also did the radio show for a while
"As the World Turns" (1956-1960)
"Father of the Bride" (1961-1962)
"Peyton Place" (1965-1969) also appeared in "The Next Generation" in 1985
"All My Children" (1970-2005) her defining role as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford

Stage (limited):
Irene
Take Me Along

Television Guest Appearances (limited):
"Fireside Theatre"
"Gunsmoke"
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
"The Love Boat"

Happy Birthday!

In Memoriam Remembers:
Ruth Warrick

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