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词条 Ruth Attaway
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

     Theatre work  Film work  Television work  Other ventures  Honors 

  3. Personal life and death

  4. Partial filmography

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|6|28}}
| birth_place = Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|9|21|1910|6|28}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_cause = fire injuries[1]
| othername =
| occupation = Actress, social worker
| yearsactive = 1936–1979
| spouse = Allan Morrison
| awards =
}}Ruth Attaway (June 28, 1910 – September 21, 1987) was an American film and stage actress. Among the films she appeared in include Raintree County (1957), Porgy and Bess (1959) and Being There (1979).[1]

Early life

Attaway was born on June 28, 1910, in Greenville, Mississippi.[1][1][2][3] She was the daughter of physician W.A. Attaway, PhD.[4] Her siblings included a sister, Florence,[1] and a brother, novelist and writer William.[5][6] She graduated from the University of Illinois, where she majored in sociology.[1][2][13]

Career

Theatre work

Attaway made her Broadway debut in 1936 in the Pulitzer Prize winning play, You Can't Take It with You.[1][7]

Attaway was the first director of the New York Players Guild, a black repertory theater company formed in New York in 1945.[1][2]

From 1954 to 1955, Attaway portrayed Anna Hicks in the play Mrs. Patterson at the National Theater.[8][9][10]

From 1964 to 1967, Attaway was with the Repertory Society of Lincoln Center.[1]

Film work

Attaway made her film debut by portraying Moll in The President's Lady (1953), opposite Susan Hayward and Charlton Heston.[11][12][13] She went on to play a variety of characters in film such as Philomena in The Young Don't Cry (1957), Serena Robbins in Porgy and Bess (1959), the Farmer's Wife in Terror in the City (1964), Edna in Conrack (1974) and Louise in Being There (1979).[12]

Television work

In 1954, Attaway was within the cast of an unaired pilot titled Three's Company.[14]

She also played Delia in the 1978 television movie, The Bermuda Depths.[15]

Other ventures

In addition to acting, Attaway was also trained as a social worker[16][17] and, between acting jobs, worked with the American Red Cross, the New York State Department of Social Welfare and New York's Metropolitan Hospital.[1][2]

Honors

On November 10, 1953, Attaway was one of three people cited by the Coordinating Council For Negro Performers at a special benefit in Harlem.[18]

Personal life and death

Attaway was married to Allan Morrison, an editor of Ebony.[11][19] He died on May 29, 1968, at the age of 51.[20]

Attaway died on September 21, 1987, in New York Hospital of injuries resulting from a Manhattan apartment fire.[1][21] She was 77 years old.[22]

Partial filmography

  • The President's Lady (1953) - Moll
  • The Young Don't Cry (1957) - Philomena
  • Raintree County (1957) - Parthenia (uncredited)
  • Porgy and Bess (1959) - Serena Robbins
  • Terror in the City (1964) - Farmer's Wife
  • Conrack (1974) - Edna
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) - Mayor's Nurse
  • The Bermuda Depths (1978) - Delia
  • Being There (1979) - Louise (final film role)

References

1. ^Hollywood.com
2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/2736/Ruth-Attaway/biography Ruth Attaway biography at The New York Times]
3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94Vkm-y_3CEC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=allan+morrison+ruth+attaway&source=bl&ots=FaR783PP0c&sig=m-BcTMs9Ek8f2pUMKiK9hHeeytU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy9NGy3p3MAhWKKCYKHSXVAwgQ6AEIKTAC#v=onepage&q=allan%20morrison%20ruth%20attaway&f=false|last=Peterson|first=Bernard L.|title=Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313295348}}
4. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FNdJ8wlss8C&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=fjMmhQ_yS8&sig=pDuxa5MXl0TxU8Tb74tRt1ntxdI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDcQ6AEwCDgKahUKEwipu7bUu6LIAhWIcD4KHcttBbg#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Cruse|first=Harold|title=The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual: A Historical Analysis of the Failure of Black Leadership|year=1967|publisher=New York Review of Books|isbn=9781590171356}}
5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyhaD14Za40C&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=-i8utESkjs&sig=lle_Y8n-RPfC1rzpcbRWuZVQLkc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwADgKahUKEwjIkNXYy5XIAhUDez4KHQsGCNQ#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Aschenbrenner|first=Joyce|title=Katherine Dunham: Dancing a Life|year=2002|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252027598}}
6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEvgAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT42&lpg=PT42&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=kEsmAYQxrq&sig=5Xzjr3i1akPKE9UIS6zPpmvowLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAjgoahUKEwiJv4K8zJXIAhWCMj4KHcrGAeQ#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Battat|first=Erin Royston|title=Ain’t Got No Home: America's Great Migrations and the Making of an Interracial Left|year=2014|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=9781469614038}}
7. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqtEIBxAhMsC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=g_Phl1pklk&sig=jX2J6wAnSFNzF1hdQaGwWF3btzs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwADgUahUKEwjRq_KPzJXIAhUDOj4KHbj0BCE#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Tracy|first=Steven C.|title=Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance|year=2011|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252093425}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Eartha Returns to 'Mrs. Patterson' After Fold-Up|date=24 February 1955|publisher=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=C8n0rqU8s1&sig=W28K2F6ubjAR2Ns83wLZggkv2As&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDUQ6AEwCDgKahUKEwjIkNXYy5XIAhUDez4KHQsGCNQ#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
9. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQyBe_wDj8C&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=KvgM_ESFX2&sig=ORsBwKruRgqdHfvXyD0nIVDBSuw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBTgUahUKEwjRq_KPzJXIAhUDOj4KHbj0BCE#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Peterson, Jr.|first=Bernard L.|title=A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans|year=1993|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313064548}}
10. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzeiySJZXF4C&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=3wAx0o8sKg&sig=vfGRbegVhA0jj4RBG-Kg-PrGuls&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBzg8ahUKEwj1pNDUzJXIAhUD8z4KHXOSDRI#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|title=Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007|year=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786453092}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Ruth Attaway In First Film Role|date=24 March 1953|publisher=Baltimore Afro-American|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2205&dat=19530324&id=m_glAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bfUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4749,5197550&hl=en|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
12. ^Ruth Attaway
13. ^{{cite web|title=Ruth Attaway Scores In First Movie|date=30 October 1953|publisher=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=znGW7jcyXM&sig=tdcMZttdNhbBUu34oSF4EsS6yRc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAzgUahUKEwiFi7n0u6LIAhWLGj4KHXw7AXI#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|accessdate=1 October 2015}}
14. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2UNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=dbnysdDK-I&sig=tsxhimg_NX-gTaoe05WSsgZQPGo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwATgeahUKEwiy0OL3lbfIAhUCGD4KHZllANg#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Bogle|first=Donald|title=Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television|year=2015|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781466894457}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=Videos: Exploring ‘The Bermuda Depths’|date=9 January 2012|publisher=Bernews|url=http://bernews.com/2012/01/108510/|accessdate=10 October 2015}}
16. ^{{cite web|title=The Negro on Broadway|date=April 1964|publisher=Ebony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VBKHwdFYAUC&pg=PT195&lpg=PT195&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=pAJVnn6jkA&sig=ZSYAE4IPwEVND1cfqc8uPef1jqg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB8Q6AEwATgKahUKEwjIkNXYy5XIAhUDez4KHQsGCNQ#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
17. ^{{cite web|title=New York Beat|date=9 August 1962|publisher=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ar0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=fPPBBFME-y&sig=HbQkWXkgX0aTblYX0GK5cByUSwE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAjgKahUKEwjIkNXYy5XIAhUDez4KHQsGCNQ#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
18. ^{{cite web|title=To Honor 2 Actresses, Playwright at Benefit|date=5 November 1953|publisher=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xUIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=D4mWg44Ls0&sig=m0iuZ2N5ZVZ1P6WEQoNv3E23uYs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAjgeahUKEwiy0OL3lbfIAhUCGD4KHZllANg#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|accessdate=10 October 2015}}
19. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdSBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA280&lpg=PA280&dq=ruth+attaway+actress&source=bl&ots=Otw_rMs1tO&sig=fNSb7pzRr08k5XL4hBrKp9PRTRg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwjIkNXYy5XIAhUDez4KHQsGCNQ#v=onepage&q=ruth%20attaway%20actress&f=false|last=Smith|first=Judith E.|title=Becoming Belafonte: Black Artist, Public Radical|year=2014|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292756700}}
20. ^{{cite web|title=EDITOR OF EBONY DIES|date=June–July 1968|publisher=The Crisis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=allan+morrison+ruth+attaway&source=bl&ots=AilqyESHXr&sig=KZ2pDiSg4_sbOOBxzAcLx0kLWvA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy9NGy3p3MAhWKKCYKHSXVAwgQ6AEILDAD#v=onepage&q=allan%20morrison%20ruth%20attaway&f=false|accessdate=20 April 2016}}
21. ^Ruth Attaway at Turner Classic Movies
22. ^10 {{cite web|title=Ruth Attaway, Actress, Dies Of Injuries in Apartment Fire|date=24 September 1987|publisher=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/obituaries/ruth-attaway-actress-dies-of-injuries-in-apartment-fire.html|accessdate=26 September 2015}}

External links

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