Ruth Hussey, 1911 - 2005.

Ruth Hussey, an actress nominated for an Academy Award for her role as James Stewart's wise-cracking girlfriend in The Philadelphia Story, died on Tuesday in Newbury Park, Calif., north of Los Angeles. She was 93.

The AP.

Director George Cukor, a friend who hired Ms. Hussey for The Philadelphia Story (1940), became a mentor. "He gave me one piece of advice that I always use," she once said. "'Keep your emotions near the surface so that you can call on them when you need to.'"

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Her ascent was swift. A bit player opposite Spencer Tracy in the drama Big City (1937), she became his co-star three years later in the frontier drama Northwest Passage (1940).

Adam Bernstein in the Washington Post.

The official site.

Posted by dwhudson at April 22, 2005 7:08 AM