Ruta Lee (born Ruta Mary Kilmonis, May 30, 1935) is a Canadian-American actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She had roles in films including Billy Wilder’s crime drama Witness for the Prosecution and Stanley Donen’s musical comedy Funny Face and also is remembered for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling’s sci-fi series The Twilight Zone called “A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain”.
Lee guest-starred on many television series, and was also featured on a number of game shows, including Hollywood Squares, What’s My Line?, and as Alex Trebek’s co-host on High Rollers. She is of Lithuanian descent.
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Ruta Lee Biography / Wiki
Name | Ruta Lee |
Also Know | Rita Kilmonis, Ruta Kilmonis, Ruta Mary Kilmonis |
Gender | Female |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Montréal, Québec, Canada |
Date of Birth | 1936-05-30 |
Age(as in 2022) | 86 |
Deathday |
Ruta Lee Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Revolta (voice) | 1988-10-16 | Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo are on their way to a Miss Grimwood’s Finishing School for Girls, where they have been hired as gym teachers. Once ther… |
A Christmas Too Many | Grandma | 2007-12-04 | Disaster strikes when an aging actress invites her eccentric family to Hollywood for the holidays…. |
Doomsday Machine | Dr. Marion Turner | 1972-01-01 | Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a “doomsday machine” capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it withi… |
Hootenanny Hoot | A.G. Bannister | 1963-08-01 | The marriage of television director Ted Glover and television producer A.G. Bannister has gone on the rocks because she has permitted her career to ta… |
Operation Eichmann | Anna Kemp | 1961-03-15 | Drama about the life Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer responsible for the deaths of countless Jewish people during World War II…. |
Bullet for a Badman | Lottie | 1964-09-01 | Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam’s ex-wife…. |
Rapunzel | 1990-01-01 | A Hallmark adaptation of Rapunzel…. | |
The Gun Hawk | Marleen | 1963-08-28 | Gunslinger Rory Calhoun dispenses his own brand of justice in this action-packed Western adventure costarring Rod Cameron and Ruta Lee. It’s been thre… |
Christmas at Cadillac Jack’s | Rose Jenkins | 2007-12-18 | While stranded at a diner on Christmas Eve, Rose finds personal redemption in protecting a young baby from an abusive father on her way to reconciling… |
Rooster: Spurs of Death! | Gayly | 1977-01-01 | 70’s drama about a cock fighter and his son and the goings on of the cockfighting industry…. |
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall | Ernestine Di Gonzini | 1980-12-21 | Ghosts and a young cadet try to save a military academy from being closed…. |
A Howling in the Woods | Sharon | 1971-11-05 | A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mys… |
Christmas Do-Over | Granny Conlon | 2006-12-16 | A ne’er do well father and ex-husband who always raced his way through the holidays is forced to relive Christmas Day time and again until he gets it … |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Bride Ruth Jensen | 1954-07-22 | In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too…. |
Roll, Freddy, Roll! | Evelyn Danton | 1974-12-17 | A man determined to impress his son–and show up his son’s stepfather–decides to try to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by setting a reco… |
Sergeants 3 | Amelia Parent | 1962-02-10 | Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870…. |
Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Su-Su | 1981-03-01 | Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King’s love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beau… |
Funny Bones | Laura Fawkes | 1995-09-20 | Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—s… |
Sobbin’ Women: The Making of ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ | Herself | 1997-01-01 | This behind-the-scenes documentary includes interviews with people who were directly involved in the MGM classic musical ‘Seven Brides for Seven Broth… |
Quiet Kill | Doris | 2004-07-01 | An attractive married woman and a member of the ‘Country Club Tennis Set’, is being neglected by her workaholic doctor husband, Jerry (Corbin Bernsen)… |
The Twinkle In God’s Eye | Ruthie | 1955-10-13 | A new parson arrives in the mining town of Lodestone and attempts to build a church. Western…. |
Lucy Moves to NBC | Ruta Lee | 1980-02-08 | Contacted by Fred Silverman, the President of NBC, Lucille Ball accepts to go back to work as a producer. With the help of her faithful production ass… |
Funny Face | Lettie | 1957-02-13 | A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model…. |
Gaby | Denise | 1956-05-09 | A ballerina resorts to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War II…. |
Senior Moment | Diego’s Neighbor | 2021-03-26 | After drag racing his vintage convertible around Palm Springs, a retired NASA test pilot loses his license. Forced to take public transportation, he m… |
Witness for the Prosecution | Diana | 1957-12-17 | When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. … |
Marjorie Morningstar | Imogene Norman | 1958-04-24 | While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at… |
People Like Us | Faye Converse | 1990-05-13 | When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite’s daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enab… |
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