Ruta Lee
Acting
Biography
Ruta Lee (born Ruta Mary Kilmonis, May 30, 1935) is a Canadian-American actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama Witness for the Prosecution and Stanley Donen's musical comedy Funny Face and also is remembered for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's sci-fi series The Twilight Zone called "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain".
Lee guest-starred on many television series, and was also featured on a number of game shows, including Hollywood Squares, What's My Line?, and as Alex Trebek's co-host on High Rollers. She is of Lithuanian descent.
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As actor 112
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Perry Mason
1957
The Fugitive
1963
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Dragnet
1951
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Highway Patrol
1955
Maverick
1957
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Lucy Show
1962
Love, American Style
1969
Simon & Simon
1981
Rawhide
1959
Three's Company
1977
Power Rangers
1993
Hotel
1982
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Peter Gunn
1958
Cheyenne
1955
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Burke's Law
1963
Gunsmoke
1955
Charles in Charge
1984
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Millionaire
1955
Bat Masterson
1958
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Sugarfoot
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Hawaiian Eye
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
December Bride
1954
M Squad
1957
Outlaws
1960
The Rebel
1959
1st & Ten
1984
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Mod Squad
1968
Hollywood Squares
1966
I Led Three Lives
1953
The Flintstone Comedy Show
1980
Life with Bonnie
2002
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
CHiPs
1977
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
Arrest and Trial
1963
Madame's Place
1982
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Coming of Age
1988
Tightrope
1959
The Frankenstones
1980
Yancy Derringer
1958
Crossroads
1955
Stagecoach West
1960
The Alaskans
1959
Man with a Camera
1958
Johnny Staccato
1959
Funny Face
1957
Temple Houston
1963
The Bill Dana Show
1963
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Delta
1992
Tallahassee 7000
1961
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988
Funny Bones
1995
A Life in Ten Pictures
2021
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Me and the Chimp
1972
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
1997
Senior Moment
2021
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
Bullet for a Badman
1964
Sergeants 3
1962
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
1974
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
People Like Us
1990
Smorgasbord
1983
Christmas Do-Over
2006
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
Doomsday Machine
1972
Pretty When You Cry
2001
The Gun Hawk
1963
Gaby
1956
Quiet Kill
2004
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
Operation Eichmann
1961
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
Timeless Tales: Rapunzel
1990
A Christmas Too Many
2007
A Howling in the Woods
1971
Indict and Convict
1974
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
Hootenanny Hoot!
1963
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
1977
Invisible Diplomats
1965
Christmas at Cadillac Jack's
2007
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997
Kay Thompson: Think Pink!
2009