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Ruth Miller (musician)
Ruth Miller may refer to: * Ruth Kirk (c. 1923–2000), née Miller, New Zealand anti-abortion campaigner *Ruth Miller (artist) (1904–1978), American artist *Ruth Miller (poet) (1919–1969), South African poet *Ruth Miller (actress) (1903–1981), American actress *Ruth Miller (1990s actress) in ''Thinner Thinner may refer to: *Paint thinner, a solvent used in painting and decorating, for thinning oil-based paint and cleaning brushes. * ''Thinner'' (novel), a 1984 horror novel by Stephen King, written as Richard Bachman ** ''Thinner'' (film), a 199 ...'' See also * Patsy Ruth Miller (1904–1995), American actress {{hndis, Miller, Ruth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Kirk
Dame Lucy Ruth Kirk (née Miller, 28 April 1922 – 20 March 2000) was a New Zealand prominent anti-abortion campaigner. Her husband was New Zealand's 29th Prime Minister, Norman Kirk. Biography Lucy Ruth Miller was born in Taumarunui in 1922, the daughter of postmaster George Miller and his wife Margaret. She met her future husband, Norman Kirk, at a blind date in Paeroa; she was his first partner. On 17 July 1943, they married at Holy Trinity Church in Devonport, Auckland. The couple were to have three boys and two girls, including John Kirk, who succeeded his father as MP for Sydenham, and coastal geomorphologist Professor Bob Kirk. In February 1944, they moved to Katikati in the Bay of Plenty. In 1948, they moved to Canterbury. Her husband worked at Firestone (now Bridgestone) in Papanui and in the evenings and weekend, built their house in Kaiapoi, where land was cheaper. During this time, she lived with her children at his parents' place in Christchurch. Once th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Miller (artist)
Ruth Blanchard Miller, also known as Ruth Miller Kempster, Ruth Blanchard Miller Kempster (January 17, 1904 – May 21, 1978) was an American artist. Biography Miller was born to Kempster Blanchard Miller and Antha (Knowlton) Miller in Chicago, Illinois. Her uncle was Azariel Blanchard Miller, founder of the city of Fontana, California. Miller began her studies with a correspondence course from the Kansas City Art Institute. She continued her studies at the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena, California, with more classes at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. Miller studied sculpture, painting, and lithography at the Art Students League of New York The Art Students League of New York is an art school at 215 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists. Although artists may stu .... In the 1930s Miller taught art in Pasadena at the School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Miller (poet)
Ruth Miller (1919–1969) was a South African poet. Born in 1919 in Uitenhage, South Africa, she grew up in the northern Transvaal and spent her adult life in Johannesburg. She worked as a school secretary and later English teacher. She died of cancer in 1969. She wrote short stories and plays, but is best known for her poems, which were frequently anthologised. She won the Ingrid Jonker Prize for her first volume of poems, ''Floating Islands'' (1965). A second collection ''Selected Poems'' appeared in 1968 in the Phoenix Living Poets series. After her death a selection of her published and unpublished work ''Poems, Prose, Plays'' appeared, edited by Lionel Abrahams.. References *Mettelerkamp, Joan (1994). "Ruth Miller (1919–1969)", ''Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English'', eds Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly. London: Routledge, pp 1025–1026. *Adey, David et al., eds (). "Ruth Miller", ''Companion to South African English Literature''. Johannesburg: Ad D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Miller (actress)
Ruth Miller (March 19, 1903 – June 13, 1981) was an American actress, known for '' The Sheik'' (1921), ''The Affairs of Anatol'' (1921), and '' The King of Kings'' (1927). Filmography * '' The Sheik'' (1921) * ''The Affairs of Anatol ''The Affairs of Anatol'' is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Wallace Reid and Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the 1893 play ''Anatol'' by Arthur Schnitzler. Plot Socialite Anatol Spencer ( ...'' (1921) * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1926) * '' The King of Kings'' (1927) References External links * 1903 births 1981 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Miller (1990s Actress)
Ruth Miller may refer to: * Ruth Kirk (c. 1923–2000), née Miller, New Zealand anti-abortion campaigner *Ruth Miller (artist) (1904–1978), American artist *Ruth Miller (poet) (1919–1969), South African poet *Ruth Miller (actress) (1903–1981), American actress * Ruth Miller (1990s actress) in ''Thinner Thinner may refer to: *Paint thinner, a solvent used in painting and decorating, for thinning oil-based paint and cleaning brushes. * ''Thinner'' (novel), a 1984 horror novel by Stephen King, written as Richard Bachman ** ''Thinner'' (film), a 199 ...'' See also * Patsy Ruth Miller (1904–1995), American actress {{hndis, Miller, Ruth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thinner (film)
''Thinner'' (marketed as ''Stephen King's Thinner'') is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King's 1984 novel of the same name (which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) and stars Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wuhrer, and Bethany Joy Lenz. Plot Billy Halleck is an obese upper class lawyer who lives with his wife Heidi and their daughter Linda in Connecticut. Billy recently defended an underworld Mafia boss named Richie "The Hammer" Ginelli in court and is now celebrating his acquittal on a murder charge. Heidi, trying to persuade him to forget about his obsession with food, tries to give Billy oral sex as he is driving. Distracted, Billy accidentally runs over an elderly Romani woman named Suzanne Lempke, killing her. He is acquitted in the proceedings by his friend Judge Cary Rossington. The local police chief Duncan Hopley also o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
