Ruth Roman

 Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman born December 22nd, 1922 - September 9, 1999)was an American actress in stage, film, and television.After acting in stage and screen roles in the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to explore a film career. She was in a variety of small roles that were not credited, before she was chosen as the lead actress in the western Harmony Trail (1944) and as the title character in the film serial Jungle Queen (1945), her first film credit performances.Roman first starred in the role of Belle Starr's Daughter as the title character of Belle Starr's Daughter (1948).She made her debut recognition with her role in The Window (1949) and the following year was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year as an actress for her performance in 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 in guest roles on television shows in the mid-1950s. Roman also produced films in Spain, Italy, and England. She was also a guest on the SS Andrea Doria when it was involved in a collision with another vessel and then sank in the year 1956. In 1959, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in the play Two for the Seesaw. She was a television star who was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame for her numerous TV appearances.Norma Roman was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents Mary Pauline (nee Gold), and Abraham "Anthony” Roman in Lynn, Massachusetts. Her name was changed to "Ruth" after an omen-teller informed her mother that "Norma" was a bad name. Her mother was a dancer and her father was a barker for the carnival sideshow they ran in Revere Beach. She had two older sisters: Ann and Eve.

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