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Ruth Roman (born December 22, 1922 - died
September 9, 1999) was an United States|American
actress.


She was born Norma Roman in the Boston suburb of
Lynn, Massachusetts and as a young girl pursued
her desire to become an actress by enrolling in
the prestigious Bishop Lee Dramatic School in
Boston. Following completion of her studies Roman
headed to Hollywood where she obtained bit parts
in several films before being cast in the title
role in the 1945 thirteen episode serial Jungle
Queen (movie)|Jungle Queen. In the early 1950s,
The Jungle Queen became one of the televsion
serials that brought Roman a whole new audience of
baby boomers. In 1949 she had a secondary but
important role in the acclaimed 1949 in film|1949
film, Champion (1949 movie)|Champion. In one of
her more recognizeable roles, Roman appeared in
the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Strangers on a
Train. 

Married three times, she had one son with her
first husband, Mortimer Hall. In the 1950 film
Three Secrets, she  played a distraught mother
waiting to learn whether or not her child survived
a plane crash.  Ironically, in July of 1956, Roman
and her four-year-old son were passengers on board
the SS Andrea Doria ocean liner who were separated
from each other when the ship collided with
another and sank. Rescued, Roman had to wait to
learn her son's fate which resulted in a media
frenzy for photos as she waited at the pier in New
York City for her son's safe arrival aboard one of
the rescue ships.


Although she never achieved the level of stardom
many had originally predicted for her, Ruth Roman
nevertheless worked regularly in film well into
the 1960s after which she began making appearances
on televsion shows and movies including a
recurring role in 1965-66 in The Long, Hot Summer
and for the 1986 season of Knots Landing. It was
for her many quality performances on television
for which she was honored with a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Blvd. 

She died in Laguna Beach, California in 1999.


Partial filmography:
*Jungle Queen (movie)|Jungle Queen (1945)
*Champion (movie)|Champion (1949)
*Dallas (film)|Dallas  (1950)
*Three Secrets   (1950)
*Tomorrow Is Another Day  (1951)
*Strangers on a Train  (1951)
*Mara Maru   (1952)
*Blowing Wild   (1953)
*The Far Country  (1955)
*The Bottom of the Bottle   (1956)
*Amère victoire   (1957)
*Look in Any Window   (1961)