Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman died Thursday, aged 75 at Ruth Roman, 75 years old died at Laguna Beach home. Ruth Roman was an iconic Hollywood screen actress who appeared in Hollywood in the 1950s thanks to her combination of pure sexuality and purity. The actress died peacefully at home, according to her son, Richard Hall. In the wake of her first big role, opposite Kirk Douglas in Stanley Kramer's ''Champion,'' the 1949 version of a Ring Lardner story that revolves around a maniacal prize fighter, Warner Brothers gave her the lead roles in nine movies in under two years. She went from working alongside Bette Davis on 'Beyond the Forest'' to playing Milton Berle's "Always Leave their audience smiling' in just one day. One week after the release of ''Strangers in a Train", starring Robert Walker, she was transported to "Tomorrow is Another Day'' alongside Steve Cochran.