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Ruth Roman

1922–1999 · Actor

Biography

Ruth Roman (December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) was an American actress, principally appearing in dramas including the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).

Notable Noir Roles

The Window

1949Dir. Ted Tetzlaff · Jean Kellerson

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, …

Lightning Strikes Twice

1951Dir. King Vidor · Shelley Carnes

Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.

Tomorrow Is Another Day

1951Dir. Felix E. Feist · Catherine 'Cay' Higgins

A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released, and struggles to adjust to the outside world and escape his lurid past. He gets involved with a cheap dancehall girl, and when her…

Strangers on a Train

1951Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · Anne Morton

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Full Noir Filmography

6 films · 1949–1955