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Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick

Actor · Died January 15, 2005, aged 88 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick (June 29, 1916 – January 15, 2005), DM, was a long-time American singer, Hollywood Golden-Age actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children, which she played regularly from 1970 until her death in 2005. She celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of Citizen Kane to a packed, standing-room-only audience, to which she spoke afterward. (She made her film debut as Kane's first wife.) Over the years, she collected several books about Orson Welles and Citizen Kane, in which she would write "Property of Ruth Warrick, Mrs. Citizen Kane". She served as a Licensed Unity Teacher. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth Warrick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 29, 1916
Died
January 15, 2005 (aged 88)
From
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 30% in 30 days

What are Ruth Warrick's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

Grounded 7 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1

Gentle 6 · Charged 7 · Intense 4

Steady 12 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Casual 10 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4
Herald
1 of 4
Shapeshifter
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Warm
8
Melancholic
9
Hopeful
6
Romantic
5
Other
12

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ruth Warrick's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Ruth Warrick's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

44 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Deathmask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Beatrice VandenBerg

  • The Returning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Grace

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Joan Heinsley

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • All My Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Phoebe Tyler

  • The Great Bank Robbery(1969)

    as Mrs. Applebee

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • How to Steal the World(1968)

    as Alice Garrow

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Ride Beyond Vengeance(1966)

    as Aunt Gussie

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • A Letter to Nancy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Mrs. Helen Reed

  • Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Wise Woman

  • Peyton Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 514 episodes · as Hannah Cord

  • Father of the Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 34 episodes · as Eleanor "Ellie" Banks

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Winlock

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Clara Benteen

  • Roogie's Bump(1954)

    as Mrs. Rigsby

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Cavalcade of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as Lydia Darragh

  • Short Short Dramas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • One Too Many (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Helen Mason

  • Let's Dance(1950)

    as Carola Everett

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Three Husbands(1950)

    as Jane Evans

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Anna Carmody

  • Second Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Emily Dean

  • Beauty on Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Marian Medford

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Marion Shaw

  • The Great Dan Patch(1949)

    as Ruth Treadwell

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Make Believe Ballroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Liza Lee

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Arch of Triumph(1948)

    as Kate Bergstroem

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Daisy Kenyon(1947)

    as Lucille O'Mara

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Driftwood(1947)

    as Susan Moore

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Swell Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Ann Duncan

  • Song of the South(1946)

    as Sally

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Perilous Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Agnes Stuart

  • China Sky(1945)

    as Dr. Sara Durand

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Guest in the House(1944)

    as Ann Proctor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Secret Command (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Lea Damaron

  • Mr. Winkle Goes to War(1944)

    as Amy Winkle

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Iron Major (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Florence Ayres Cavanaugh

  • Petticoat Larceny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Pat Mitchell

  • Forever and a Day(1943)

    as Lesley Trimble

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Journey Into Fear(1943)

    as Mrs. Stephanie Graham

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Obliging Young Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Linda Norton

  • The Corsican Brothers(1941)

    as Countess Isabelle Gravini

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Citizen Kane(1941)

    as Emily Norton Kane

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 87th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 44 titles from 1941 to 1985.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting44 of 44: 44 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score54th

By decade

1940s20 · acting1950s12 · acting1960s7 · acting1970s2 · acting1980s3 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Ruth Warrick's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed4

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ruth Warrick work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ruth Warrick's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lewis Milestone shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers