Ruth Roman

 Ruth Roman, born Norma Roman, December 22, 1922 - September 9th, 1999 was an American actress. She started her career in the east coast of America as a stage actor and then moved to Hollywood to pursue a career with films. Before being cast in western Harmony Trail (1944), Roman was also in the title role in Jungle Queen (1945). This was her first credited role. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year as an actress for her performance in Champion (1949). She was under contract to Warner Bros. in the 1950s. There she starred in a number of films, including the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951). Roman began appearing as a guest on TV series in the mid-1950s. Also, she worked in foreign countries and produced films in England, Italy, and Spain. In 1956, she was also a passenger on the SS Andrea Doria that collided with another vessel and sank. In 1959, she received the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in the play Two for the Seesaw. She was a television star who was honored with an award on Hollywood's Walk of Fame for her many TV appearances.Norma Roman was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents Mary Pauline (nee Gold), and Abraham "Anthony” Roman in Lynn, Massachusetts. She was renamed "Ruth" when the fortune-teller advised her mother that "Norma" was not a good name. Her mother was a dancer, and her father a barker in a carnival sideshow that they owned in Revere Beach, Massachusetts. She had two older sisters: Ann and Eve.