Ruth Gordon - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	30-October-1896
Place of Birth	Quincy (Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Ruth Gordon Jones, Ruth Gordon Jones
Profession	Screenwriter, Actor
Ruth Gordon Jones, better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for film roles she had while already in her 70s and 80s: Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude, and Ma Boggs, the mother of Orville Boggs, in the Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way but Loose. In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous plays, film scripts and books, most notably co-writing the screenplay for the 1949 film Adam's Rib. Gordon won an Academy Award, an Emmy and two Golden Globe awards for her acting, as well as receiving three Academy Award nominations for her writing.

Awards by Ruth Gordon

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ruth Gordon.

1985

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming - Performing	The Secret World of the Very Young

1979

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series

Honored for : Taxi

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series	Taxi

1977

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama or Comedy Special	The Great Houdini
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Comedy Or Drama Special	The ABC Friday Night Movie The Great Houdinis

1976

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Single Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Comedy Or Drama Series	Rhoda

1972

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Harold and Maude

1969

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

Honored for : Rosemary's Baby

(Role: Minnie Castevet)

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Rosemary's Baby role: Minnie Castevet \u2020

1968

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Honored for : Rosemary's Baby

(Role: Minnie Castevet)

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Rosemary's Baby Role: Minnie Castevet

1966

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

Honored for : Inside Daisy Clover

(Role: The Dealer/Mrs. Clover)

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Inside Daisy Clover role: The Dealer/Mrs. Clover

1965

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Inside Daisy Clover Role: The Dealer

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play	The Matchmaker

1954

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	The Actress

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	The Marrying Kind
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Pat and Mike

1952

Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay	Pat and Mike

1951

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Adam's Rib

1950

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Adam's Rib
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay	Adam's Rib

1947

Nominations 1947 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	A Double Life

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