Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Birthday: 14 February 1902, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Height: 155 cm

Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie career was started with a bit part in the 1946 Miracle on 34th Street (1947). In the movie she played a weary Xmas shopper. Her performance in the short scene was noticed by Darryl F. Zanuck who insisted ... Show more »

Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie career was started with a bit part in the 1946 Miracle on 34th Street (1947). In the movie she played a weary Xmas shopper. Her performance in the short scene was noticed by Darryl F. Zanuck who insisted her role be expanded. During the period 1951 to 1963 Ms. Ritter was nominated for 6 Academy Awards. She is one of the most nominated actors who never won the statue. Shortly after a 1968 performance on The Jerry Lewis Show (1967), Ms. Ritter suffered a heart attack which proved fatal. Show less «

[on being nominated for Best Supporting Actress four times in a row] Now I know what it feels like t...Show more »

[on being nominated for Best Supporting Actress four times in a row] Now I know what it feels like to be the bridesmaid and never the bride. Show less «

Thelma Ritter's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (36)

Miracle On 34th Street

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene

Arthur Miller: Writer

What`s So Bad About Feeling Good?

The Incident (1967)

Wagon Train - Season 8

Wagon Train - Season 7

Move Over, Darling

A New Kind of Love

Birdman of Alcatraz

Wagon Train - Season 6

How the West Was Won

Wagon Train - Season 5

Wagon Train - Season 4

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 5

Wagon Train - Season 3

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 4

Wagon Train - Season 2

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 3

Wagon Train - Season 1

The Proud and Profane

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 2

Daddy Long Legs

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 1

Pickup on South Street

With a Song in My Heart

Perfect Strangers (1950)

A Letter to Three Wives

Call Northside 777

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Thelma Ritter'S roles

Birdie. Actor of

Maude Young. Actor of

Isabelle Steers. Actor of

Isabelle Steers

Stella. Actor of

Elizabeth Stroud. Actor of

Elizabeth Stroud

Moe Williams. Actor of

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