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Ruth Gordon: Summary

Recent Role:: Grandma Blanche Devane on Newhart

Birthday:: 10-30-1896

Birthplace:: Wollaston, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name:: Ruth Gordon Jones

When Ruth Gordon, at the age of 72, won an Oscar for her delightfully sinister supporting performance in Rosemary's Baby (1968), she declared, "I can't tell you how encouraging a thing like this is." It nicely summed up the energy and optimism she displayed over a 70-year career, which began with a 1915 stage debut as Peter Pan and went on to include many now-classic dramatic and comedic stage...

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Ruth Gordon holds the distinction of being the oldest person to host Saturday Night Live, doing so three months after her 80th birthday. Ruth is also one of only two SNL hosts born in the 19th century (the other being contest winner Miskel Spillman).(edit)
Ruth's height is 5'1" (1.55m).(edit)