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Ruth Warrick: New York
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In Watts, Ms. Warrick was a co-founder of Operation Bootstrap, where she taught communication skills. In New York City, she taught at Julia Richman High School as part of President Carter's "City in Schools" program. She has been a Dropout Prevention consultant for the Department of Labor under President John F. Kennedy and for the Job Training Corps under President Johnson.
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This landmark film had its 50th anniversary in 1991 and, to celebrate it, Ms. Warrick was honored with a caricature on the wall of the famed New York restaurant, Sardi's. "Citizen Kane" marked Ms. Warrick's entry into Hollywood. That was followed by some 20 other movies (including "The Great Bank Robbery"), a long run as Hannah Cord in "Peyton Place" -- and an Emmy nomination -- five years on "As the World Turns," a starring role in the television series "Father of the Bride," guest starring roles on television and a long list of plays. Ruth Warrick is a lady who likes to stay busy.
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Warrick, born and raised in St. Joseph, Mo., left for New York after graduating from the University of Kansas City. Her interest in acting led her to the Mercury Theater troupe, headed by Welles.
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After "Citizen Kane," Ms. Warrick plodded along in ladylike roles that bored her. But there was some superior fare, notably Welles's "Journey Into Fear" (1943) and Disney's "Song of the South" (1946), in which she played the newly separated mother.
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A 1941 RKO radio press book claimed that actress Ruth Warrick first came to New York as the winner of something called the Miss Jubelesta contest, carrying a live turkey into Mayor LaGuardia's office. It's a safe bet Warrick, a former radio singer and model, would rather be remembered for her first Hollywood accomplishment, which was certainly no turkey: the role of Emily Monroe Norton, Mrs.
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Her popular and fascinating autobiography, The Confessions of Phoebe Tyler, discusses the character of Phoebe, whom she has portrayed since the show's inception in 1970, as well as Ms. Warrick's life as an actress in New York and Hollywood. The book, which she wrote with Don Preston, was published in 1980 by Prentice-Hall.
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