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Ruth Gordon ( October 30, 1896 - August 28, 1985) was an American actress and screenwriter who was perhaps best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in Roman Polanski's adaptation of Ira Levin's novel Rosemary's Baby, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Gordon also starred as Maude in Hal Ashby's indie comedy Harold and Maude and as Mary Todd Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois. She had a minor role as Clint Eastwood's mother in his films Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can . In addition, Gordon wrote the screenplay for the Katharine HepburnKatharine Houghton Hepburn ( May 12, 1907 June 29, 2003) was a notable American film and stage actress. She was nominated for twelve best actress academy awards , and was awarded a record four. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut and was educated at and Spencer TracySpencer Bonaventure Tracy ( April 5, 1900 June 10, 1967) was an American film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 through the 1960s. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second son of a truck salesman. At the beginning of World War I he left scho film Adam's RibAdam's Rib is a 1949 American film in which Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy play married lawyers who take opposing sides on a case in which a woman attempts to kill her adulterous husband. The tension in the courtroom carries over into the legal coupl.
Harold and Maude and Adam's Rib have both been selected for preservation in the United States Library of CongressThe Library of Congress the unofficial national library of the United States, is one of the most important libraries in the world. Originally founded as a research library for the United States Congress April 24th 1800, its original collection were the bo' National Film RegistryThe National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992.
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