Ruth McDevitt
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About
Actress and performer who is known for playing Bessie Thatcher in the soap opera A Woman to Remember. She portrayed Grandma Hanks on CBS's Pistols 'n' Petticoats. She played Emily Cowles on Kolchak: the Night Stalker. She was in films including The Birds, The Parent Trap, and Dear Heart.
Before Fame
She graduated from the Wooster University in Ohio. She studied drama at the Toledo Dramatic Academy.
Trivia
She was also in shows such as Gunsmoke, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Andy Griffith Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, That Girl, Here's Lucy, and Little House on the Prairie.
Family Life
She married Patrick McDevitt. Her parents were both musicians.
Associated With
She played camp counselor Miss Inch in The Parent Trap which starred Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, and Brian Keith.
