Birthday: Feb 14, 1902
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter (February 14, 1902 – February 5, 1969) was an American actress, best known for her comedic roles as working-class characters and her strong New York accent. She was the recipient of a Tony Award and six nominations for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, more than any other actress in the category.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Birdman of Alcatraz	Elizabeth Stroud	1962
Rear Window	Stella	1954
All About Eve	Birdie Coonan	1950
Call Northside 777	Captain's Secretary (uncredited)	1948
Arthur Miller: Writer	Self (archive footage)	2017
Pillow Talk	Alma	1959
Move Over, Darling	Grace Arden	1963
The Misfits	Isabelle Steers	1961
Miracle on 34th Street	Peter's Mother (uncredited)	1947
How the West Was Won	Agatha Clegg	1962
Daddy Long Legs	Alicia Pritchard	1955
Pickup on South Street	Moe Williams	1953
A Hole in the Head	Sophie Manetta	1959
A New Kind of Love	Lena O'Connor	1963
The Proud and Profane	Kate Connors	1956
City Across the River	Mrs. Katie Cusack	1949
A Letter to Three Wives	Sadie Dugan (uncredited)	1949
As Young as You Feel	Della Hodges	1951
Boeing, Boeing	Bertha	1965
Titanic	Maude Young	1953
The Incident	Bertha Beckerman	1967
With a Song in My Heart	Clancy	1952
Perfect Strangers	Lena Fassler	1950
Father Was a Fullback	Geraldine	1949
The Mating Season	Ellen McNulty	1951
The Second Time Around	Aggie Gates	1961
The Farmer Takes a Wife	Lucy Cashdollar	1953
The Model and the Marriage Broker	Mae Swasey	1951
Lucy Gallant	Molly Basserman	1955
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?	Mrs. Schwartz	1968
I'll Get By	Miss Murphy	1950
For Love or Money	Chloe Brasher	1963
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller	Moe Williams (archive footage)	2002
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line	Self (archive footage)	1997
Making 'The Misfits'	Self (archive footage)	2002
Footsteps on the Ceiling	Birdie Coonan (archive footage)	2013
Series	Cast	Year
The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	1950
The Merv Griffin Show	Self	1962
General Electric Theater	Doris Green	1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Lottie Slocum	1955
Goodyear Television Playhouse		1951
The 20th Century Fox Hour		1955
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	1956
Telephone Time		1956
The Oscars	Self	1953
Lux Video Theatre	Self	1950
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	1962

Thelma Ritter

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