Awards & Winners

Ruth Gordon

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