Ruth McDevitt

Born: 1895-09-13

Ruth McDevitt (September 13, 1895 – May 27, 1976) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth McDevitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​


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The Birds

as Mrs. MacGruder
Released: 1963-03-28

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly...

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The Parent Trap

as Miss Inch
Released: 1961-05-13

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years...

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Dear Heart

as Miss Tait
Released: 1965-03-07

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a...

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Boys' Night Out

as Beulah Partridge
Released: 1962-06-21

Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only...

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Mame

as Cousin Fan
Released: 1974-03-07

The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted...

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The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Mrs. Olive Heywood
Released: 1968-07-10

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west...

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The Girl Most Likely to...

as uncredited
Released: 1973-11-06

An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the...

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Love is a Ball

as Mathilda
Released: 1963-04-24

Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled...

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Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Grandma Hanks
Released: 1967-09-05

Compilation of several episodes of the TV series Pistols 'n' Petticoats.

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Crackle of Death

as Emily Cowles
Released: 1976-03-28

The first of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of...

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Change of Habit

as Lily
Released: 1969-11-10

Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists...

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Demon and the Mummy

as Miss Emily Cowles
Released: 1976-03-14

The second of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of...

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Man on the Outside

as Stella Daniels
Released: 1975-06-29

A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his...

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The Love God?

as Miss Keezy
Released: 1969-08-01

Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan...

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One of My Wives Is Missing

as Mrs. Foster
Released: 1976-03-05

Vacationing in a small town, a frantic Daniel Corban shows up at the local police station,...

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Homebodies

as Mrs. Loomis
Released: 1974-09-01

When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a...

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The War Between Men and Women

as Elderly Woman
Released: 1972-06-01

A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three —...

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Winter Kill

as Mildred Young
Released: 1974-04-15

Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith)...

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Skyway to Death

as Aunt Louise
Released: 1974-01-19

The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.

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In Search of America

as Grandma Rose
Released: 1971-03-23

Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his...

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Angel in My Pocket

as Nadine
Released: 1969-04-02

The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.

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My Father's House

as Anna
Released: 1975-01-01

Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth....

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Mixed Company

as Miss Bergquist
Released: 1974-10-18

Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants...

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The Abduction of Saint Anne

as Sister Patrick
Released: 1975-01-21

A cynical detective and a Roman Catholic bishop team up to investigate the reported miraculous...

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The Guy Who Came Back

as Grandma
Released: 1951-08-16

Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married...

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The Couple Takes a Wife

as Mrs. Flanagan
Released: 1972-12-05

Complications ensue when an overworked couple decides to hire a "wife" — someone who can run the...

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A Prowler in the Heart

as Doreen
Released: 1973-03-25

A mystery novelist meticulously creates an alibi to keep her husband from being convicted of murder.

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The Andy Griffith Show

as Mrs. Pendleton
First aired: 1960-10-03

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...

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Bewitched

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-17

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Elderly Woman
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the...

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Emily Cowles
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the...

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Edith Cowels
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the...

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Little House on the Prairie

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-11

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Mrs. Fister
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Miss Emmy Wright
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Mrs. White
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Here's Lucy

as Mrs. Whitmark
First aired: 1968-09-23

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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I Dream of Jeannie

as Mrs. Horlick
First aired: 1965-09-18

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency...

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Mayberry R.F.D.

as Selma Plunkett
First aired: 1968-09-23

Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation...

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All in the Family

as Josephine 'Jo' Nelson
First aired: 1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...

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All in the Family

as Jo
First aired: 1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Miss Bristol
First aired: 1969-09-17

The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the...

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Nanny and the Professor

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-01-21

Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and...

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Emergency!

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-22

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...

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Studio One

as Mrs. Hester
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Mrs. Wilson
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Mrs. Clark
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Jane
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Mrs. Wheaton
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Dr. Kildare

as Nurse Adele Fromm
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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My World and Welcome to It

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-15

My World and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and...

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...

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Naked City

as Abbie Dobbins
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-17

Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom

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That Girl

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the...

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McCloud

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-02-17

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...

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Run, Joe, Run

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-07

Run, Joe, Run was a Saturday morning television program that aired on NBC from 1974 to 1976. It...

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Omnibus

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-11-09

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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Ellery Queen

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-11

Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character...

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Room 222

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-11

Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television....

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Kojak

as Mrs. Farenkrug
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Decoy

as Mrs. Graff
First aired: 1957-10-14

New York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going...

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The Outsider

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-18

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where...

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Gunsmoke

as Gramma Boggs
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Suspense

as Mrs. Griffin
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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Suspense

as Mrs. Barret
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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Suspense

as Mrs. Waters
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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Suspense

as Jenny
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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The New Andy Griffith Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-08

The New Andy Griffith Show was an American situation comedy broadcast in the United States on...

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