RUTH ROMAN: All Woman

Farley Granger is a man innocently caught up in the “criss-cross” murder of his estranged wife by a psychopath and Ruth Roman is the woman he loves in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic chiller STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
Ruth Roman and Paul Stewart give chase to a young boy who witnesses a murder they’ve committed in their NY apartment in the film noir thriller THE WINDOW (1949)

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Issue Number 494,
August 2016

“To be a real star you have to be yourself as well as an actor in the parts you play. People will forget you as a person if you are completely lost in a role.”

This wildly attractive, hard-looking brunette leading lady of the late 1940 and 1950s came to the film forefront in 1949 after years in the background. Hitting the big time with back-to-back critical hits, RUTH ROMAN (1922-1999) got to star opposite Hollywood’s most popular leading men including Gary Cooper, Kirk Douglas, Errol Flynn, Glenn Ford and John Payne, while working in tandem with such renowned directors as Robert Wise, Mark Robson and, notably, Alfred Hitchcock (STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, 1951). Despite her perseverance, she never found the one role to put her at the top. Nevertheless, she showed major willpower and hung around the stage and TV arenas for decades.

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