
Ruta Lee
Department: Acting
Biography
Ruta Lee (born Ruta Mary Kilmonis, May 30, 1935) is a Canadian-American actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama Witness for the Prosecution and Stanley Donen's musical comedy Funny Face and also is remembered for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's sci-fi series The Twilight Zone called "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain". Lee guest-starred on many television series, and was also featured on a number of game shows, including Hollywood Squares, What's My Line?, and as Alex Trebek's co-host on High Rollers. She is of Lithuanian descent. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For

Quiet Kill
2004

Christmas Do-Over
2006

Witness for the Prosecution
1957

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954

A Christmas Too Many
2007

Indict and Convict
1974

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955

The Gun Hawk
1963

Bullet for a Badman
1964

Doomsday Machine
1972

The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988

A Howling in the Woods
1971

Hootenanny Hoot
1963

Operation Eichmann
1961

Funny Face
1957

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
1997

Kay Thompson: Think Pink!
2009

Marjorie Morningstar
1958

Sergeants 3
1962

Roll, Freddy, Roll!
1974

Timeless Tales: Rapunzel
1990

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980

Funny Bones
1995

Christmas at Cadillac Jack's
2007

Lucy Moves to NBC
1980

Rooster: Spurs of Death!
1977

Gaby
1956

Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997

Senior Moment
2021

People Like Us
1990

Invisible Diplomats
1965

Pretty When You Cry
2001

Sweet Bird of Youth
1989

Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
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Smorgasbord
1983

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

CHiPs
1977

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Charles in Charge
1984

Burke's Law
1963

Cheyenne
1955

December Bride
1954

Simon & Simon
1981

Life with Bonnie
2002

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Hotel
1982

Three's Company
1977

Hogan's Heroes
1965

Dragnet
1951

Gunsmoke
1955

Perry Mason
1957

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Jake and the Fatman
1987

Man with a Camera
1958

Johnny Staccato
1959

The Twilight Zone
1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Outlaws
1960

Me and the Chimp
1972

Rawhide
1959

Highway Patrol
1955

The Fugitive
1963

I Led Three Lives
1953

The Millionaire
1955

The Virginian
1962

Peter Gunn
1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957

M Squad
1957

Judd for the Defense
1967

Coming of Age
1988

The Alaskans
1959

The Rebel
1959

Sugarfoot
1957

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

The Bill Dana Show
1963

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

Tallahassee 7000
1961

Maverick
1957

Maverick
1957

Adventures of Superman
1952

Rawhide
1959

M Squad
1957

The Virginian
1962

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

Gunsmoke
1955

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Burke's Law
1963

The Lucy Show
1962

The Lucy Show
1962

Hogan's Heroes
1965

Burke's Law
1963

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason
1957

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Perry Mason
1957

The Wild Wild West
1965

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Maverick
1957

Love, American Style
1969

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Hogan's Heroes
1965

A Life in Ten Pictures
2021

Madame's Place
1982

Delta
1992

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958

Arrest and Trial
1963

Bat Masterson
1958

The Flintstone Comedy Show
1980

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Frankenstones
1980

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964

Power Rangers
1993

Mannix
1967

Love, American Style
1969

1st & Ten
1984

1st & Ten
1984

The Mod Squad
1968

Yancy Derringer
1958

Ironside
1967

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Stagecoach West
1960