Ruth Roman

 Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman born on December 22, 1922 (died September 9, 1999)was an American actress of film, stage, and television.After performing in stage parts on the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to explore a film career. Before being cast in the western Harmony Trail (1944), Roman was also in the title role of Jungle Queen (1945), the first time she was credited with a role. She was nominated to the Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year – Actress in 1949 for her performance in Champion (1949). In the early 1950s she was signed to Warner Bros., where she starred in a variety of films that included the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).In the mid-1950s, following her departure from Warner Bros., Roman continued to be a film star and began appearing in part-time roles in television shows. Roman also created films in Spain, Italy, and England. She was also a passenger aboard the SS Andrea Doria when it was involved in a collision with another ship and sank in 1956. She was recognized with the Sarah Siddons Award in 1959 for her part in the play Two for the Seesaw. The numerous appearances on television brought her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. FameNorma Roman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Mary Pauline (nee Gold) and Abraham "Anthony" Roman. She was renamed "Ruth" after the fortune-teller advised her mother that "Norma" was a bad name. Her mother was a professional dancer and her father worked as a barker at the carnival sideshow they ran in Revere Beach. She had two older sisters: Ann and Eve.