Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman died Thursday, aged 75, at her Laguna Beach home. Ruth Roman was a Hollywood screen star who starred in Hollywood during the 1950s, with the combination of the sexually ferocious and pure. Her death was at home, according to her son Richard Hall. Her breakout performance as Kirk Douglas in Stanley Kramer's "Champion," the 1949 version of an original Ring Lardner short story of a maniacal prize fighter, Warner Brothers gave her leading roles in nine films in under two months. It was her turn to work alongside Bette Davis on 'Beyond the Forest,'' to being a part of Milton Berle's "Always leave them laughing' in only one day. After having a part in 'Strangers on a Train which was a film starring Robert Walker she was recruited to join Steve Cochran in 'Tomorrow Is Another Day.