Ruta Lee (born Ruta Mary Kilmonis, May 30, 1935) is a Canadian-American actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama Witness for the Prosecution and Stanley Donen's musical comedy Funny Face and also is remembered for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's sci-fi series The Twilight Zone called "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain".
Lee guest-starred on many television series, and was also featured on a number of game shows, including Hollywood Squares, What's My Line?, and as Alex Trebek's co-host on High Rollers. She is of Lithuanian descent.
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Movies
Quiet Kill
Doris
Christmas Do-Over
Granny Conlon
Witness for the Prosecution
Diana
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Ruth Jensen
A Christmas Too Many
Grandma
Bullet for a Badman
Lottie
Doomsday Machine
Dr. Marion Turner
Rapunzel
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Ruthie
A Howling in the Woods
Sharon
Hootenanny Hoot
A.G. Bannister
Operation Eichmann
Anna Kemp
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Evelyn Danton
Funny Face
Lettie
Marjorie Morningstar
Imogene Norman
Sergeants 3
Amelia Parent
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Ernestine Di Gonzini
The Gun Hawk
Marleen
Funny Bones
Laura Fawkes
Christmas at Cadillac Jack's
Rose Jenkins
Lucy Moves to NBC
Self
Rooster: Spurs of Death!
Gayly
Gaby
Denise
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Su-Su
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
Herself
Senior Moment
Diego's Neighbor
People Like Us
Faye Converse
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
Mrs. Poole
Kay Thompson: Think Pink!
Self
Indict and Convict
Phyllis Dorfman
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Tennis Girl (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Revolta (voice)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Chaney Vase
Ruby Boyenton
Shows
The Andy Griffith Show
Jean Boswell
Life with Bonnie
Mrs. Ruta Blanchette
Gunsmoke
Jennie Lane
Hogan's Heroes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ruby Boyenton
Man with a Camera
Johnny Staccato
The Virginian
Judith Holly
Coming of Age
Rawhide
Sheila Delancey
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
M Squad
Ora Kane
The Alaskans
The Rebel
Ellen Barton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jenny
CHiPs
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Charles in Charge
77 Sunset Strip
Burke's Law
Laura Jean
Cheyenne
December Bride
Simon & Simon
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Mannix
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Shirley Ballinger
Arrest and Trial
Hotel
Dragnet
E! True Hollywood Story
The Mod Squad
Perry Mason
Connie Cooper
Jake and the Fatman
Ironside
Hawaiian Eye
The Twilight Zone
Outlaws
Me and the Chimp
The Fugitive
Mrs. Janet Loring
Peter Gunn
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Louise Thompson
Judd for the Defense
The Millionaire
Angela Temple McLaughlin
Highway Patrol
I Led Three Lives
Lux Video Theatre
Marian
Sugarfoot
Lucy Barron
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Bill Dana Show
The Walter Winchell File
Tallahassee 7000
Three's Company
Marsha Whitewood
Love, American Style
Joan Landers
The Flintstone Comedy Show
Hidea Frankenstone
The Virginian
Jane Carlyle
Rawhide
Lorraine
M Squad
Connie Meston
Gunsmoke
Jenny
Burke's Law
Ulla Swenson
Burke's Law
Margot Davis
Perry Mason
Millie Crest
Perry Mason
Vita Culver
Perry Mason
Vivian Cosgrave
Perry Mason
Irene Prentice
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Angel
Madame's Place
Kaye Jacobs
Delta
Charlotte Tyler
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Shelly Lewis
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Maverick
Ellen Bordeen
Maverick
Dolly
Adventures of Superman
Claire - High School Girl
The Andy Griffith Show
Darlene Mason
1st & Ten
Rona
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Lucy Show
Audrey Fields
The Lucy Show
Ruta Lee
Hogan's Heroes
Dr. Suzette Lechay
Hawaiian Eye
Stella Hughes
77 Sunset Strip
Katie Moran
The Wild Wild West
Laurie Morgan
Maverick
Laura Dillon
Hawaiian Eye
Laura Lytton
Hogan's Heroes
Leslie Smythe-Beddoes
A Life in Ten Pictures
Self - Participant