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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• 2021Senior Moment — Diego's Neighbor
• 2007A Christmas Too Many — Grandma
• 2007Christmas at Cadillac Jack's — Rose Jenkins
• 2006Christmas Do-Over — Granny Conlon
• 2004Quiet Kill — Doris
• Life with Bonnie — Mrs. Ruta Blanchette
• 2001Pretty When You Cry — Antique Store Patron
• 1997Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills — Mrs. Poole
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1995Funny Bones — Laura Fawkes
• Power Rangers — Koko Kashmere
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class — Mrs. Gore
• Delta — Charlotte Tyler
• 1990People Like Us — Faye Converse
• 1990Timeless Tales: Rapunzel
• 1989Sweet Bird of Youth — Sally Powers
• Coming of Age
• 1988Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School — Revolta (voice)
• Jake and the Fatman
• 1st & Ten — Rona, Rona (uncredited)
• Charles in Charge — Gloria
• Murder, She Wrote — Renee
• 1983Smorgasbord — Ms. Sultry (voice)
• Hotel
• Madame's Place — Kaye Jacobs
• 1981Elvis and the Beauty Queen — Su-Su
• Simon & Simon
• The Flintstone Comedy Show — Hidea Frankenstone
• The Frankenstones — Hidea Frankenstone (voice)
• 1980The Ghosts of Buxley Hall — Ernestine Di Gonzini
• CHiPs
• 1977Rooster: Spurs of Death! — Gayly
• Three's Company — Marsha Whitewood
• 1974Indict and Convict — Phyllis Dorfman
• 1974Roll, Freddy, Roll! — Evelyn Danton
• 1972Doomsday Machine — Dr. Marion Turner
• Me and the Chimp
• 1971A Howling in the Woods — Sharon
• Love, American Style — Joan Landers, Nancy
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Shirley Ballinger
• The Mod Squad — Gloria Hardy
• Ironside — Marian Lord
• Judd, for the Defense
• Mannix — Jean Coleman
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• Hogan's Heroes — Dr. Suzette Lechay, Leslie Smythe-Beddoes
• 1965Invisible Diplomats — Connie Wisner
• The Wild Wild West — Laurie Morgan
• 1964Bullet for a Badman — Lottie
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Gloria Morgan
• Arrest and Trial — Colleen Riley
• Burke's Law — Laura Jean, Margot Davis, Ulla Swenson
• 1963Hootenanny Hoot! — A.G. Bannister
• Temple Houston — Lucy Tolliver
• The Bill Dana Show
• The Fugitive — Mrs. Janet Loring
• 1963The Gun Hawk — Marleen
• 1962Sergeants 3 — Amelia Parent
• The Lucy Show — Audrey Fields, Ruta Lee
• The Virginian — Judith Holly, Jane Carlyle
• 1961Operation Eichmann — Anna Kemp
• Tallahassee 7000
• Outlaws
• Stagecoach West — Della Bell
• The Andy Griffith Show — Jean Boswell, Darlene Mason
• Hawaiian Eye — Stella Hughes, Laura Lytton
• Johnny Staccato
• Rawhide — Sheila Delancey, Lorraine
• The Alaskans
• The Rebel — Ellen Barton
• The Twilight Zone — Flora Gordon
• Tightrope — Laura Brahn
• 77 Sunset Strip — Katie Moran, Melissa Mateneau, Diane Adams
• Bat Masterson — Nellie Fontana
• Man with a Camera
• 1958Marjorie Morningstar — Imogene Norman
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer — Shelly Lewis, Susan Jarrad
• Peter Gunn
• Yancy Derringer — Romilly Vale
• 1957Funny Face — Lettie
• M Squad — Ora Kane, Connie Meston
• Maverick — Ellen Bordeen, Dolly, Laura Dillon
• Perry Mason — Connie Cooper, Millie Crest, Vita Culver, Vivian Cosgrave, Irene Prentice
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Louise Thompson
• Sugarfoot — Lucy Barron
• 1957Witness for the Prosecution — Diana
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Jenny
• 1956Gaby — Denise
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Ruby Boyenton, Angel
• Cheyenne
• Crossroads — Gambler's Wife (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Jennie Lane, Jenny
• Highway Patrol
• 1955The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing — Tennis Girl (uncredited)
• The Millionaire — Angela Temple McLaughlin
• 1955The Twinkle In God's Eye — Ruthie
• December Bride
• 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Bride Ruth Jensen
• I Led Three Lives
• Adventures of Superman — Claire - High School Girl
• Dragnet
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• Lux Video Theatre — Marian
• Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell

Appearances as themselves (8)

• A Life in Ten Pictures — Self - Participant
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• 2009Kay Thompson: Think Pink! — Self
• 1997Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' — Herself
• 1980Lucy Moves to NBC — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self