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May Ruth Brown met Albert Edward Snyder (né Schneider) in 1915 in New York City, when she was 20 years old and he was a 33-year-old artist. The couple had little in common; Brown, who went by her middle name of Ruth to most people and was known as "Tommy" to close friends, was described as vivacious and gregarious, while Snyder was described as quiet and reserved and very much a "homebody".
After Longlegs visited Lee as a child, Ruth made a deal with him to protect her daughter. Ruth dressed up as a nun and visited families’ homes to drop off mysterious dolls as gifts from the church.
Machinal is a 1928 play by American playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell, inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder.Its Broadway premiere, directed by Arthur Hopkins, is considered one of the highpoints of Expressionist theatre in history of the American stage.
Ruth Perkins, mother of fictional character Allison Perkins on TV soap opera One Life to Live Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.
Michael Ralph Paine (June 25, 1928 – March 1, 2018) was an American engineer who became notable after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as he was an acquaintance of Lee Harvey Oswald. His wife, Ruth Paine, housed Oswald’s wife, Marina Oswald, in her home for several months before the assassination until the day after it.
Rebecca Talbot Perkins (née Talbot; February 14, 1866 – November 1, 1956) [1] [2] was an American businessperson, philanthropist, and activist from Brooklyn, New York. She was the founder of Talbot Perkins Children's Services. [ 2 ]
Along with Ruth Etting and Myrl Alderman, Snyder sold his rights to his story to MGM for the film Love Me or Leave Me (1955). [37] James Cagney portrayed Snyder in the film, which was a fictionalized life story of Etting, who was played by Doris Day. Snyder was very dissatisfied with the way he was portrayed in the film. [33]
Brother of John Breckinridge, Son of Robert Breckinridge and Letitia Preston. [8] Letitia Breckinridge, Daughter of John Breckinridge. Married first to Alfred William Grayson in 1804, who was a graduate of Cambridge University, lawyer, son of Senator William Grayson of Virginia. He died in 1810.