Ruth Gillmore | |
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 Ruth Gillmore | |
| Born | Ruth Emily Gillmore 26 October 1899 London, England, U.K. |
| Died | 12 February 1976 (aged 76) Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Ruth Gillmore Sonino |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1918–1935 |
| Spouse | Max Sonino |
Ruth Emily Gillmore (26 October 1899 - 12 February 1976) was an English-born American stage actress.
Gillmore was the daughter of Frank Gillmore, former president of Actors' Equity, [1] and actress Laura MacGillivray [2] and the sister of actress Margalo Gillmore. Her great-aunt was the British actor-manager Sarah Thorne, and her great-uncles were the actors Thomas Thorne and George Thorne. She was a fourth-generation actor on her father's side.
Gillmore's first professional appearance was as an unborn child in Maurice Maeterlinck's The Betrothal in New York City in 1918. [1] Her later theatrical appearances included Edie Upton in The Robbery (1921),[ citation needed ] Jeanne in The Nest (1922), The '49ers (1922), [3] No Sirree! (1922), [4] Gail Carlton in No More Frontiers (1931), and Mrs Howard in The Farmer Takes a Wife (1934-5). [5]
She married theatrical producer Max Sonino in Florence, Italy, in 1926. [6] He produced the play No More Frontiers (1931), in which she appeared. [7] Together they translated the Italian plays Finding Oneself (1933) by Luigi Pirandello, [8] and Giovacchino Forzano's Gutlibi and The Bells of San Lucio. Their daughter was Mildred Sonino.
Gillmore taught speech and drama at the Buckley School. [1]
With her sister Margalo Gillmore she was a member of the Algonquin Round Table.
Gillmore died in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on February 12, 1976, [1] aged 76.
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