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Director

Ruth Orkin

Directing

Career Snapshot

Explained

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Directed credits

2

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.3

Low visibility

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1072338

IMDb ID: nm0649907

Known for: Directing

Born: September 3, 1921

Died: January 16, 1985

Age: 63

Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 1962

Years active: 10

Average TMDB rating: 6.89

Wikidata: Q469449

Frequent jobs

Director (2)

Biography

Ruth Orkin (September 3, 1921 – January 16, 1985) was an American photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker, with ties to New York City and Hollywood. Best known for her photograph An American Girl in Italy (1951), she photographed many celebrities and personalities including Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Ava Gardner, Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, and Alfred Hitchcock. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth Orkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.