Barbara Ruick (born: December 23, 1930 died: March 3, 1974) was an American actress. is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

Youth

Ruick was the daughter of actors Lurene Tuttle and Melville Ruick. She grew up acting out scenes with dolls, employing her mother as an audience. She attended Theodore Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles), Burbank High School (California), and North Hollywood High School. She did little acting in high school but joined a school band at the age of fourteen. She sang with the band at dances and benefits. Lurene Tuttle (b. ... Actor Melville Ruick was born in Boise, Idaho on July 8, 1898. ... Theodore Roosevelt High School is a high school (grades 9-12) located in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California. ... Burbank High School is a public high school located in Burbank, California. ... North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. ...

Singer and radio performer

She achieved success in radio prior to signing with MGM studios. She was heard in the original radio version of Dragnet. She also recorded several songs for MGM Records. MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Dragnet was a long-running radio and television police procedural drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. ... MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio in 1946. ...

In the 1950's, she starred as Kay in the first LP recording of the songs from George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1926 Broadway musical, Oh, Kay!. This was a studio cast recording released by Columbia Records, and conducted by Lehman Engel. Despite what is sometimes claimed, it did not use the original orchestrations, but it was the most complete recording of the score made up to that time. An LP Long playing (LP), either 10 or 12-inch diameter, 33 rpm (actually 33. ... “Gershwin” redirects here. ... Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... The Black Crook (1866) is considered the first musical comedy Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ... Oh, Kay! is a Broadway musical with book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Lehman Engel (born September 14, 1910, Jackson, Mississippi; died August 29, 1982, New York City) was an American composer and conductor of plays, television, and film. ...

Television

In seeking acting parts she was forced to travel to New York City where her relation to her mother was not as well known. She landed a job on Hollywood Screen Test, a talent show which aired on ABC Television from 1948-1953. Ruick appeared on the Kraft Television Theater, soap operas, and The College Bowl (1950), which was hosted by Chico Marx. She also performed for fifteen weeks on the Jerry Colonna Show. In 1955 she was a regular on the Johnny Carson Show. Ruick did episodes of The Millionaire (1957), Public Defender (1954), Brothers Brannigan (1960), The 20th Century Fox Hour (1956), and Climax Mystery Theater (1955). New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Hollywood Screen Test was a talent show which aired on ABC from 1948 to 1953. ... British Independent Television (ITV) (commercial television) contractor on Saturdays and Sundays in the Midlands and North of England between 1956 and 1968. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Kraft Television Theatre. ... Leonard Marx, known as Chico, (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was one of the Marx Brothers. ... Jerry Colonna may refer to: Jerry Colonna (entertainer), American comedy writer and performer Jerry Colonna (financier), New York City venture capitalist Jerry Colonna (entrepener, expert on Walt Disney World among other subjects), New Jersey native who co-founded the Avas Water Ice brand and Juniors Best cheese steaks near... For other persons named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ... The Millionaire, a television drama anthology series (CBS, 19 January 1955-28 September 1960), explored the ways unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. ... In the United States, a public defender is a lawyer whose duty is to provide legal counsel and representation to indigent defendants in criminal cases who are unable to pay for legal assistance. ... The 20th Century Fox Hour was an hour-long dramatic anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS from 1955 to 1957. ...

Film actress

Ruick played bit parts in her first four films, one of them being The Band Wagon, and then graduated to supporting roles. Her best remembered are Carrie Pipperidge in the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (1956), and Esmerelda, one of the wicked stepsisters, in the 1965 version of Cinderella (TV). The Band Wagon is a musical comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1953, which tells the story of an aging musical star who wants to star in a Broadway play that will restart his career. ... Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. ... Carousel is a 1956 film adaptation of the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name which was based on Ferenc Molnars Liliom. ... Rodgers and Hammersteins Cinderella is the name of a musical written for television by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II based upon the fairy tale, Cinderella. ...

Marriage

Ruick married actor Robert Horton Jr., in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 22, 1953. The couple divorced just prior to their second wedding anniversary in 1955. She was the wife of film composer John Williams from 1956 until her death. Following her marriage to Williams, Ruick appeared in few motion pictures. For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Williams conducting the London Symphony Orchestra during the recording of the score for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ...

Untimely death

Barbara Ruick Williams died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Reno, Nevada while on location with her last film, Robert Altman's California Split. She had a cameo role as a barmaid. Ruick was found dead in her hotel room. A cerebral hemorrhage is a bleed into the substance of the cerebrum. ... Reno redirects here. ... For other persons named Robert Altman, see Robert Altman (disambiguation). ... California Split is a 1974 film directed by Robert Altman and starring Elliott Gould and George Segal as a pair of gamblers. ...

Notable films:

• Confidentially Connie (1953)
• The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
• Carousel (1956)
• Cinderella (the 1965 version)

References

• Charleston, West Virginia Daily Mail, Actress Found Dead In Hotel, Monday, March 4, 1974, Page 5B.
• Los Angeles Times, Barbara Ruick Real Gone Among Bop Set, July 6, 1952, Page D3.
• Los Angeles Times, Actress Wins Out Despite Head Start, August 16, 1953, Page D3.
• Los Angeles Times, Actress Barbara Ruick Files Suit For Divorce, August 11, 1955, Page 4.

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Sources

• Barbara Ruick at the Internet Movie Database