Ruth Ford(1911-2009)
- Actress
- Writer
Her parents, Mr. & Mrs. C. N. Ford, managed the Tennessee Hotel in
Clarksville, Tennessee, in 1943. At that time, she reported to the
local newspaper in Clarksville that she had a daughter named Shelley,
age 2. Also, Orson Welles is her godfather. Prior to her Hollywood
experience, she was in Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre plays before he left
for the coast and was playing summer stock when noticed by a Hollywood
playwright. He set Columbia Pictures on her trail to sign her up and
since that time she has been with them and Warner Brothers. She posed
for Harpers' Magazine and for the Paris and London issues of "Vogue"
and "Harpers"; also appeared in "Town and Country" and "Mademoiselle."
She even appeared in the local newspaper, "The Leaf-Chronicle" showing
her modeling a pair of black stockings. She said that "(her) Mother and
Daddy noticed it by chance and the next day it was on the front
page."
