Thelma Ritter
Birthday: 1902-02-14
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography: Thelma Ritter (February 14, 1902 – February 5, 1969) was an American actress, best known for her comedic roles as working-class characters and her strong New York accent. She was the recipient of a Tony Award and six nominations for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, more than any other actress in the category.
Movies
Birdman of Alcatraz
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement....
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Rear Window
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinc...
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All About Eve
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the re...
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Call Northside 777
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by F...
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Arthur Miller: Writer
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as ...
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Move Over, Darling
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas A...
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Pillow Talk
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Mo...
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The Misfits
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-g...
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Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at M...
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How the West Was Won
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the en...
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Daddy Long Legs
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-y...
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Pickup on South Street
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when ...
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A Hole in the Head
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son....
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A New Kind of Love
A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris....
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The Proud and Profane
In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island...
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City Across the River
Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seem...
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As Young as You Feel
Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president ...
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A Letter to Three Wives
A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away wi...
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Boeing, Boeing
Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air Fran...
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Titanic
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her ...
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The Incident
Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train....
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With a Song in My Heart
Jane Froman, an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross, whom she ...
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Perfect Strangers
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the...
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The Mating Season
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her so...
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Father Was a Fullback
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-a...
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The Second Time Around
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch ...
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationsh...
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The Model and the Marriage Broker
A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results....
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Lucy Gallant
A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil ...
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while ...
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I'll Get By
I'll Get By is an updated remake of the 1940 20th Century-Fox musical Tin Pan Alley. William Lundiga...
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For Love or Money
Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips....
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 ...
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Making 'The Misfits'
A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961)....
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Footsteps on the Ceiling
A meditation on ambition and careerism utilizing altered footage from All About Eve, with a soupçon ...
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