List of the best Thelma Ritter movies: City Across the River(1949), As Young as You Feel(1951), Birdman of Alcatraz(1962), Pickup on South Street(1953), The Model and the Marriage Broker(1952), The Proud and Profane(1956), A New Kind of Love(1963), The Farmer Takes a Wife(1953), Boeing, Boeing(1965), Pillow Talk(1959), The Misfits(1961), Move Over, Darling(1963) ... ...
Drama
USA
1949
90 Minutes
Mrs. Katie Cusack
Stephen McNally Thelma Ritter Luis Van Rooten Jeff Corey Sharon McManus Sue England Barbara Whiting Richard Benedict Peter Fernandez Al Ramsen Joshua Shelley
The macho head of an urban community center tries to reform juvenile delinquents.
Comedy
1951
77 Minutes
Monty Woolley Thelma Ritter Jean Peters David Wayne Constance Bennett Marilyn Monroe Allyn Joslyn Albert Van Dekker
businessman executive secretary grandchild wife lighthearted witty charming printing plant office house retirement ageism publishing impersonation career growing up underdog 20th century
A worker (Monty Woolley) poses as the head of the company that owns the company that forced him to retire at 65.
Biography, Drama, Crime
USA
1962
148 Minutes
Elizabeth Stroud
Burt Lancaster Karl Malden Thelma Ritter Betty Field Neville Brand Edmond O'Brien Hugh Marlowe Telly Savalas James Westerfield Chris Robinson
prisoner warden guard mother wife moving touching leavenworth prison alcatraz island missouri solitude prison new love redemption rise transformation 1960s
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
80 Minutes
'Moe' Williams
Richard Widmark Jean Peters Thelma Ritter Murvyn Vye Richard Kiley Willis Bouchey Milburn Stone Henry Slate George Eldredge Stuart Randall Maurice Samuels
prostitute pickpocket communist informant fbi agent dark suspenseful gripping new york city subway library waterfront espionage communism theft fbi murder pursuit mystery transformation
A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
Comedy
East Germany
1952
103 Minutes
Mae Swasey
matchmaker model optician secretary widow advertising executive playful tender powerful new york city doctor's office shop apartment coast matchmaking mistaken identity friendship romance aging deception
For the corpulent nobleman, Sir John Falstaff, the inn in the small English town of Windsor is the best of all places. Here he can indulge in excessive dining and intemperate drinking, as ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1956
111 Minutes
Kate Connors
widow officer love interest red cross leader patient volunteer melodramatic unrestrained new caledonia hospital military base inn cliff guadalcanal world war ii romance deception nursing marriage attempted suicide
In the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.
Comedy
USA
1963
110 Minutes
Leena
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Thelma Ritter Eva Gabor George Tobias Marvin Kaplan Robert Clary Jan Moriarty Joan Staley Robert F. Simon Valerie Varda
reporter designer airy charming cheeky playful hilarious paris interview revenge romance makeover love 1960s
The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Joanne Woodward is a high-priced call girl. Paul Newman is the journalist interviewing her for insights on her profession.
Musical, Romance
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Lucy Cashdollar
Betty Grable Dale Robertson Thelma Ritter John Carroll Eddie Foy Jr. Charlotte Austin Kathleen Crowley Merry Anders Donna Lee Hickey Lee Turnbull
A romantic triangle develops on Erie Canal boats in 1850.
Comedy
1965
102 Minutes
Bertha
Tony Curtis Jerry Lewis Thelma Ritter Dany Saval Suzanna Leigh Lomax Study Christiane Schmidtmer
journalist stewardess housekeeper friend guest girlfriend amusing madcap sultry paris apartment romantic dilemma scam deception schemes mistaken identity rivalry wretched excess escape 1960s
Faster jets and a loud rival (Jerry Lewis) upset a U.S. newsman's (Tony Curtis) rotating involvement with three pretty flight attendants in Paris.
Romance
USA
1959
103 Minutes
Alma
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Thelma Ritter Nick Adams Julia Meade Allen Jenkins Marcel Dalio Lee Patrick Mary McCarty Alex Gerry
designer songwriter client doctor college student hilarious cheery lighthearted new york city nightclub cabin connecticut seduction jealousy romance impersonation revenge pursuit temptation rivalry
An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
Western, Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Isabelle Steers, Roslyn's Landlady
Clark Gable Marilyn Monroe Montgomery Clift Thelma Ritter Eli Wallach James Barton Estelle Winwood Kevin McCarthy Marietta Tree
divorcée cowboy gambler rodeo rider drifter friend winsome cheeky reno, nev. casino bar ranch house middle age depression horses gambling love triangle discovery temptation
A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.
Romance
USA
1963
103 Minutes
Grace Arden
Doris Day James Garner Polly Bergen Thelma Ritter Fred Clark Don Knotts Elliott Reid Edgar Buchanan John Astin Pat Harrington Jr.
husband wife newlywed cheeky witty california house hotel car husband/wife relationship reunion plane crash love rivalry adventure 1960s
After having been lost at sea for several years, a missing wife thought long dead returns just after her husband has remarried.
Musical, Romance
USA
1955
126 Minutes
Miss Pritchard
Fred Astaire Leslie Caron Terry Moore Thelma Ritter Fred Clark Charlotte Austin Larry Keating Kathryn Givney Kelly Brown Sara Shane Numa Lapeyre
millionaire orphan secretary lighthearted cheery winsome france paris new york city boarding school wealth may-december romance secret philanthropy discovery love 1950s
A wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.
Romance
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Molly Basserman
Jane Wyman Charlton Heston Claire Trevor Thelma Ritter William Demarest Wallace Ford Tom Helmore Gloria Talbott James Westerfield Mary Field Joel Fluellen
fashion designer rancher soldier banker passionate emotional charming texas united states shop fashion romance love adventure 20th century
The success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.
Comedy
USA
1963
108 Minutes
Chloe Brasher
Kirk Douglas Mitzi Gaynor Gig Young Thelma Ritter Julie Newmeyer William Bendix Leslie Parrish Dick Sargent Elizabeth MacRae William Windom Willard Sage
lawyer widow daughter free spirit health nut private investigator amusing engaging playful hotel apartment restaurant marriage relationships sisterhood unlikely romance family discovery love pursuit
Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husbands.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
112 Minutes
Stella
James Stewart Grace Kelly Wendell Corey Raymond Burr Thelma Ritter Judith Evelyn Ross Bagdasarian Georgine Darcy Sara Berner Frank Cady Jesslyn Fax
journalist photographer girlfriend nurse assassin dog suspenseful apartment murder stalking disappearance deception mystery pursuit 1950s
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Drama
USA
1953
97 Minutes
Maude Young
Clifton Webb Barbara Stanwyck Robert Wagner Audrey Dalton Thelma Ritter Brian Aherne Richard Basehart Allyn Joslyn James Todd William Johnstone Charles B. Fitzsimons
husband wife captain son daughter socialite melodramatic moving sad cruise ship shipwreck failed romance divorce family dysfunction illegitimate child hms titanic escape love 1910s
An unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the ill-fated ship.
Comedy, Western
USA
1961
99 Minutes
Aggie Gates
Debbie Reynolds Andy Griffith Steve Forrest Juliet Prowse Thelma Ritter Ken Scott Isobel Elsom Rodolfo Acosta Timothy Agoglia Carey Tom Greenway Eleanor Audley
widow mother sheriff rancher gambler criminal cheeky campy spirited new york city arizona ice cream parlor hideout new life courtship frontier life motherhood kidnapping rivalry love
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.
Drama
USA
1950
138 Minutes
Birdie
Bette Davis Anne Baxter Celeste Holm George Sanders Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Thelma Ritter Marilyn Monroe Gregory Ratoff Barbara Bates Walter Hampden
actress critic producer writer director witty crafty stage restaurant new york city dressing room household ambition theater production show business quest rivalry 1950s
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Peter's Mom (uncredited)
Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn Gene Lockhart Natalie Wood Porter Hall William Frawley Thelma Ritter Jack Albertson Jerome Cowan Philip Tonge
santa claus lawyer daughter event coordinator wealthy man charming endearing touching new york city department store courtroom mental institution christmas faith childhood court battles discovery love quest 1940s
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
Western
USA
1962
164 Minutes
Carroll Baker Richard Thorpe Henry Hathaway Lee J. Cobb Henry Fonda Carolyn Jones Karl Malden Gregory Peck George Peppard Robert Preston
gambler fur trapper singer frontiersman captain lieutenant striking rousing moving wild west san francisco st. louis new york state gold rush american civil war native people rebellion family family history adventure
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.