Thelma Ritter


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Actress

Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie career was started with a bit part in the 1946 Miracle on 34th Street (1947). In the movie she played a weary Xmas shopper. Her performance in the short scene was noticed by Darryl F. Zanuck who insisted her role be expanded. During the period 1951 to 1963 Ms. Ritter was nominated for 6 Academy Awards. She is one of the most nominated actors who n...

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Date of Birth: Feb 14, 1905

Date of Death: Feb 5, 1969


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Filmography

Actress (31 Known Credits)


The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Moe Williams (archive footage)

The Incident

Bertha Beckerman

Move Over, Darling

Grace Arden

For Love or Money

Chloe Brasher

Birdman of Alcatraz

Elizabeth Stroud

How the West Was Won

Agatha Clegg

The Misfits

Isabelle Steers

A Hole in the Head

Sophie Manetta

Daddy Long Legs

Alicia Pritchard

Lucy Gallant

Molly Basserman

Rear Window

Stella

Titanic

Maude Young

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Lucy Cashdollar

As Young as You Feel

Della Hodges

The Mating Season

Ellen McNulty

All About Eve

Birdie Coonan

Perfect Strangers

Lena Fassler

I'll Get By

Miss Murphy

A Letter to Three Wives

Sadie Dugan (uncredited)

City Across the River

Mrs. Katie Cusack

Miracle on 34th Street

Shopper at Macy's

Moe Williams (archive footage)
The Incident (1967)
Bertha Beckerman
Bertha
Grace Arden
Leena
Chloe Brasher
Elizabeth Stroud
Agatha Clegg
The Misfits (1961)
Isabelle Steers
Aggie Gates
Pillow Talk (1959)
Alma
Sophie Manetta
Kate Connors
Alicia Pritchard
Lucy Gallant (1955)
Molly Basserman
Rear Window (1954)
Stella
Titanic (1953)
Maude Young
Moe Williams
Lucy Cashdollar
Della Hodges
Ellen McNulty
All About Eve (1950)
Birdie Coonan
Lena Fassler
I'll Get By (1950)
Miss Murphy
Sadie Dugan (uncredited)
Mrs. Katie Cusack
Geraldine
Shopper at Macy's

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