Ruth Ford (July 7, 1911, Brookhaven, Mississippi – August 12, 2009, New York City) was an American model and stage and film actress. Her brother was the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. Their parents managed the Tennessee Hotel in Clarksville, Tennessee. As a model she posed for Harper's, Town and Country and Mademoiselle. She married actor Peter Van Eyck in the 1940s, but the marriage was unsuccessful. Van Eyck was the father of her daughter, Shelley, who was born in 1941.

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  • Ruth Ford (July 7, 1911, Brookhaven, Mississippi – August 12, 2009, New York City) was an American model and stage and film actress. Her brother was the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. Their parents managed the Tennessee Hotel in Clarksville, Tennessee. As a model she posed for Harper's, Town and Country and Mademoiselle. She married actor Peter Van Eyck in the 1940s, but the marriage was unsuccessful. Van Eyck was the father of her daughter, Shelley, who was born in 1941. Prior to Ford's trip west to Hollywood she was a member of Welles' Mercury Theatre. Welles' assistance helped her to land contracts with Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. studios. Ford later married film star Zachary Scott and they remained together until Scott's death in 1965. Scott adopted Shelley, who took the name Shelley Scott. Zachary Scott reportedly died penniless except for a $100,000 insurance policy he left his widow.
  • Ruth Ford war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Das ehemalige Model gab 1938 ihr Filmdebüt in Too much Johnson. Drei Jahre später spielte Ruth Ford ihre erste Hauptrolle in Secrets of the Lone Wolf. 1942 war sie neben Marlene Dietrich in Fräulein Mama zu sehen. Die Schauspielerin, die hauptsächlich in B-Filmen mitwirkte, trat ab Ende der 1940er Jahre fast nur noch in Fernsehproduktionen auf. 1985 stand sie im Film Der nackte Wahnsinn das letzte Mal vor die Kamera. Ruth Ford war in erster Ehe mit dem Schauspieler Peter van Eyck und von 1952 bis zu dessen Tod im Jahr 1965 mit Zachary Scott verheiratet.
  • Ruth Ford was een Amerikaans actrice. Ford begon als model en maakte haar filmdebuut in 1938 met Too much Johnson. Drie jaar later speelde zij haar eerste hoofdrol in Secrets of the Lone Wolf. In 1942 was zij aan de zijde van Marlene Dietrich te zien in The Lady is Willing. De actrice, die vooral te zien was in B-films, trad vanaf het einde van de jaren 1940 bijna uitsluitend op in tv-producties. In 1985 speelde zij in de film Too Scared to Scream haar laatste rol. Ruth Ford was een eerste maal gehuwd met de acteur Peter van Eyck en vanaf 1952 tot zijn dood met Zachary Scott.
  • Рут Форд — американская театральная и киноактриса, а также модель и сценарист. Её братом был поэт-сюрреалист Чарльз Генри Форд.
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  • Pierre Balmain and Ruth Ford, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, November 9, 1947
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  • 1938–1985
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  • Ruth Ford (July 7, 1911, Brookhaven, Mississippi – August 12, 2009, New York City) was an American model and stage and film actress. Her brother was the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. Their parents managed the Tennessee Hotel in Clarksville, Tennessee. As a model she posed for Harper's, Town and Country and Mademoiselle. She married actor Peter Van Eyck in the 1940s, but the marriage was unsuccessful. Van Eyck was the father of her daughter, Shelley, who was born in 1941.
  • Ruth Ford war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Das ehemalige Model gab 1938 ihr Filmdebüt in Too much Johnson. Drei Jahre später spielte Ruth Ford ihre erste Hauptrolle in Secrets of the Lone Wolf. 1942 war sie neben Marlene Dietrich in Fräulein Mama zu sehen. Die Schauspielerin, die hauptsächlich in B-Filmen mitwirkte, trat ab Ende der 1940er Jahre fast nur noch in Fernsehproduktionen auf. 1985 stand sie im Film Der nackte Wahnsinn das letzte Mal vor die Kamera.
  • Ruth Ford was een Amerikaans actrice. Ford begon als model en maakte haar filmdebuut in 1938 met Too much Johnson. Drie jaar later speelde zij haar eerste hoofdrol in Secrets of the Lone Wolf. In 1942 was zij aan de zijde van Marlene Dietrich te zien in The Lady is Willing. De actrice, die vooral te zien was in B-films, trad vanaf het einde van de jaren 1940 bijna uitsluitend op in tv-producties. In 1985 speelde zij in de film Too Scared to Scream haar laatste rol.
  • Рут Форд — американская театральная и киноактриса, а также модель и сценарист. Её братом был поэт-сюрреалист Чарльз Генри Форд.
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