Ruth Roman

 Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 - September 9th, 1999)was an American actress in stage, film, and television.After playing stage roles in the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to explore a film career. She appeared in numerous uncredited bit parts before she was chosen to play the leading lady in the western Harmony Trail (1944) and as the title character in the film serial Jungle Queen (1945), her first film credit performances.Roman was first seen in the role of Belle Starr's Daughter as the title character in Belle Starr's Daughter (1948).She achieved her first notable success in the role of The Window (1949) and the following year was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year and the category of Actress for her performance on Champion (1949). In the 1950s, she was working under contract with Warner Bros. and starred in a number of films, including the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951). Roman also began to appear as a guest on TV series around the middle of the 1950s. Roman also created films in Spain, Italy, and England. In 1956, she was also an onboard passenger of the SS Andrea Doria that collided with another vessel, sinking. In 1959, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her role in the show Two for the Seesaw. She was a television star who earned an award on Hollywood's Walk of Fame for her many TV appearances.Norma Roman was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents Mary Pauline (nee Gold), and Abraham "Anthony” Roman in Lynn, Massachusetts. She was given the name "Ruth" after the fortune-teller advised her mother that "Norma" was a bad name. Her mother was a dancer, and her father was a barker at a carnival sideshow which they ran at Revere Beach, Massachusetts. She had two older sisters, Ann and Eve.