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Ruth McDevitt (September 13 1895 - May 27 1976) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. She was born in Coldwater
Coldwater, Michigan

Coldwater is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 12,697. It is the county seat of Branch County, Michigan....
, the seat of Branch County
Branch County, Michigan

Branch County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 45,787....
 in southern Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, as "Ruth Thane Shoecraft. She was married to Patrick McDevitt. She has performed on Broadway, on radio, and is well known for her comedy roles in film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
.

She was a familiar face on television during the 1960s and 1970s. She was a regular with Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan was an United Statesn film actor....
, Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley was an American movie and television actor.Fowley was born in The Bronx, New York. The 5'11" actor is probably best remembered by movie buffs for his role as a movie director Roscoe Dexter in Singin' in the Rain ....
, and Gary Vinson
Gary Vinson

Gary Vinson was an United States actor who appeared in significant roles in three television series of the 1960s: The Roaring Twenties , McHale's Navy, and Pistols 'n' Petticoats....
 in CBS's Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an United States Western Situation comedy that ran for one season on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Universal Media Studios for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, 1967....
, a 1966-1967 satire
Satire

Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre; although, in practice, it is also found in the graphic arts and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improv...
 of the Old West.






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Ruth McDevitt (September 13 1895 - May 27 1976) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. She was born in Coldwater
Coldwater, Michigan

Coldwater is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 12,697. It is the county seat of Branch County, Michigan....
, the seat of Branch County
Branch County, Michigan

Branch County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 45,787....
 in southern Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, as "Ruth Thane Shoecraft. She was married to Patrick McDevitt. She has performed on Broadway, on radio, and is well known for her comedy roles in film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
.

She was a familiar face on television during the 1960s and 1970s. She was a regular with Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan was an United Statesn film actor....
, Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley was an American movie and television actor.Fowley was born in The Bronx, New York. The 5'11" actor is probably best remembered by movie buffs for his role as a movie director Roscoe Dexter in Singin' in the Rain ....
, and Gary Vinson
Gary Vinson

Gary Vinson was an United States actor who appeared in significant roles in three television series of the 1960s: The Roaring Twenties , McHale's Navy, and Pistols 'n' Petticoats....
 in CBS's Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an United States Western Situation comedy that ran for one season on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Universal Media Studios for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, 1967....
, a 1966-1967 satire
Satire

Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre; although, in practice, it is also found in the graphic arts and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improv...
 of the Old West. The series attracted a good audience but was cancelled two months after Ann Sheridan died.

McDevitt also guest starred in such series as All in the Family
All in the Family

All in the Family is an United States situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979....
, Bewitched
Bewitched

Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1964 in television to 1972 in television....
,I Dream Of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American situation comedy with a fantasy premise. Produced by Screen Gems, it originally aired from September 1965 to May 1970 with new episodes, and September 1970 with season repeats, on NBC....
 and The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show is a television series which ran from 1962 until 1968. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. The premise and the cast changed frequently, with only Gale Gordon lasting most of the run of the show ....
. She also had a regular role as Miss Emily on Kolchak: the Night Stalker
Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on American Broadcasting Company in 1974. It featured a newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates crimes with mysterious and unlikely causes that the proper authorities won't accept or pursue....
, starring Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin was an United States actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror film series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and also his portrayal in the movie A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears....
.

McDevitt died at the age of eighty in Hollywood, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
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