List of the best Ruth Nelson movies: 3 Women(1977), Wilson(1944), A Christmas Without Snow(1980), Arch of Triumph(1948), The Sea of Grass(1947) ... ...
Drama
USA
1977
125 Minutes
Mrs. Rose
Sissy Spacek Shelley Duvall Janice Rule Robert Fortier Ruth Nelson John Cromwell Sierra Pecheur Craig Richard Nelson Maisie Hoy Belita Moreno Leslie Ann Hudson
teenager therapist painter husband doctor brooding uneasy disturbing desert apartment hospital spa poolside mother/child relationship alcoholism aimless youth aging family loneliness transformation
Two roommates/physical therapists, one a vain woman and the other a mysterious teenager, share a bizarre relationship.
Biography
1944
154 Minutes
Ellen Wilson
Alexander Knox Charles Coburn Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Ruth Nelson Cedric Hardwicke Vincent Price William Eythe Mary Anderson Ruth Ford Sidney Blackmer
woodrow wilson politician wife military officer opponent patriotic confident princeton, n.j. washington, d.c. white house politics ambition love marriage world war i rise rivalry 1910s
Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox) goes from Princeton to the White House and promotes the League of Nations.
Other, Drama
1980
100 Minutes
Inez
Michael Learned John Houseman Ramon Bieri James Cromwell Valerie Curtin Ruth Nelson Beah Richards
divorcée choir director grandmother reverend melodramatic tender san francisco church houseboat hillside divorce self-esteem christmas mother/son relationship singing discovery rise 1980s
A lonely divorcee (Michael Learned) joins a choir and meets its stern director's (John Houseman) challenge of excellence.
Drama
USA
1948
133 Minutes
Madame Fessier
Ingrid Bergman Charles Boyer Charles Laughton Louis Calhern Ruth Warrick Roman Bohnen Stephen Bekassy Ruth Nelson Curt Bois J. Edward Bromberg Michael Romanoff
Illegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.
Western
USA
1947
122 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Melvyn Douglas Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Edgar Buchanan Harry Carey Ruth Nelson Wm. "Bill" Phillips Robert Armstrong James Bell
rancher wife lawyer homesteader melodramatic fiery new mexico territory colorado cattle marital problems infidelity forbidden love sacrifice 1860s
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.