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Ruth Emily Gillmore (26 October 1899 in London, England – February 1976 in New York) was an English-born American stage actress. Gillmore was the daughter of Frank Gillmore, former president of Actors' Equity, and the actress Laura MacGillivray, and the sister of actress Margalo Gillmore. Her great-aunt was the British actor-manager Sarah Thorne, and her great-uncles were the actors Thomas Thorne and George Thorne. A fourth-generation actor on her father's side, Gillmore's first professional appearance was as an unborn child in Maurice Maeterlinck's ''The Betrothal'' in New York in 1918. Her later theatrical appearances included Edie Upton in ''The Robbery'' (1921),〔(The Works of J.M. Kerrigan on Internet Movie Database )〕 Jeanne in ''The Nest'' (1922), ''The '49ers'' (1922),〔(''The '49ers'' (1922) on the Internet Broadway Database )〕 ''No Sirree!'' (1922),〔(Critics Are Actors to Actor Audiences; Present Burlesques on Modern Works to Broadway Theatre Folk' ''The New York Times'' 1 May 1922 )〕 Gail Carlton in ''No More Frontiers'' (1931), and Mrs Howard in ''The Farmer Takes a Wife'' (1934-5). She married theatre producer Max Sonino (28 June 1905–15 May 1976) in Florence in Italy. They met when he produced the 1931 play ''No More Frontiers'', in which she had appeared.〔(''No More Frontiers'' (1931) on broadwayworld.com )〕 Together they translated the Italian plays ''Finding Oneself'' (1933) by Luigi Pirandello,〔(Catalog of copyright entries, Part 1 By Library of Congress Copyright Office pg 104 ''Google Books'' )〕 and Giovacchino Forzano's ''Gutlibi'' and ''The Bells of San Lucio''. Their daughter was Mildred Sonino (18 February 1936–January 1986). With her sister Margalo Gillmore she was a member of the Algonquin Round Table. Ruth Gillmore died in New York in February 1976 aged 76. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruth Gillmore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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