Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones, better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinct personality, she gained international visibility and critical acclaim for film roles which continued into her seventies and eighties. Her later work included performances in Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude, and the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Looseand Any Which...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth30 October 1896
CityQuincy, MA
CountryUnited States of America
In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a face lift.
The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
To be somebody, you must last.
I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are this, yet allow themselves to be treated as that.
Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.
Get up early in the morning before everybody has breathed up all the good air.
Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.
Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.
In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them.
Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.
You have to have a talent for having talent.
Don't face the facts.
Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.
Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.