Want to know the best Ruth Hussey movies? How about the worst Ruth Hussey movies? Curious about Ruth Hussey box office grosses or which Ruth Hussey movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ruth Hussey movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which ones got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.
Ruth Hussey (1911-2005) was an Oscar® nominated American actress. Her IMDb page shows 69 acting credits from 1937-1973. This page will rank 28 Ruth Hussey movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, shorts, and bit parts were not included in the rankings.
Ruth Hussey Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort Ruth Hussey movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- SortRuth Hussey movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Ruth Hussey movie received.
- Sort by how many Oscar® wins each Ruth Hussey movie received.
- Sort Ruth Hussey movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn |
6.80 | 261.1 | 358.50 | 7 | 91 | 06 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | Northwest Passage (1940) | Spencer Tracy & Walter Brennan |
6.20 | 238.6 | 346.50 | 9 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 3 | The Women (1939) | Norma Shearer & Joan Crawford |
6.80 | 260.4 | 362.10 | 13 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 4 | Another Thin Man (1939) | William Powell & Myrna Loy |
6.10 | 234.5 | 342.30 | 18 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 5 | The Uninvited (1944) | Gail Russell & Ray Milland |
8.20 | 276.0 | 276.00 | 23 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 6 | Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) | Clifton Webb & Robert Wagner |
8.30 | 163.3 | 163.30 | 18 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 93.6 | |
| 7 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) | Robert Young & Hedy Lamarr |
4.70 | 182.0 | 182.00 | 32 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 8 | Honolulu (1939) | Robert Young & Eleanor Powell |
5.40 | 208.1 | 208.10 | 26 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 11 | Tender Comrade (1943) | Ginger Rogers & Robert Ryan |
5.50 | 197.8 | 272.30 | 49 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 9 | Madame X (1937) | Warren William | 3.60 | 149.6 | 149.60 | 57 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 10 | The Facts of Life (1960) | Bob Hope & Lucille Ball |
9.10 | 142.8 | 142.80 | 28 | 64 | 05 / 01 | 89.5 | |
| 13 | Flight Command (1940) | Robert Taylor & Walter Pidgeon |
4.10 | 158.9 | 252.10 | 31 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 14 | Mr. Music (1950) | Bing Crosby | 6.60 | 147.6 | 147.60 | 27 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 12 | That's My Boy (1951) | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
10.90 | 234.1 | 234.10 | 9 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 86.0 | |
| 15 | Marine Raiders (1944) | Robert Ryan | 4.30 | 145.1 | 173.30 | 79 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 16 | The Great Gatsby (1949) | Alan Ladd & Shelley Winters |
5.60 | 139.3 | 139.30 | 45 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 17 | Married Bachelor (1941) | Robert Young | 2.90 | 111.5 | 111.50 | 87 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 18 | Judge Hardy's Children (1938) | Mickey Rooney & Andy Hardy |
2.30 | 92.3 | 143.90 | 100 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 19 | Maisie (1939) | Robert Young | 2.20 | 85.8 | 117.50 | 107 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 20 | Louisa (1950) | Ronald Reagan | 4.10 | 91.5 | 91.50 | 75 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 21 | Susan and God (1940) | Joan Crawford & Rita Hayworth |
2.30 | 89.9 | 120.60 | 83 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 22 | Blackmail (1939) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.70 | 66.0 | 66.00 | 132 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 25 | Spring Madness (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan | 3.10 | 122.2 | 122.20 | 67 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 23 | Tennessee Johnson (1942) | Van Heflin & Lionel Barrymore |
1.60 | 60.5 | 72.60 | 145 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 24 | Fast and Furious (1939) | Franchot Tone | 2.10 | 82.4 | 82.40 | 111 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 26 | Hold That Kiss (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Mickey Rooney |
2.20 | 86.4 | 86.40 | 106 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 27 | Beside Manner (1945) | John Carroll | 1.70 | 54.9 | 54.90 | 122 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 29 | The Lady Wants Mink (1953) | Eve Arden | 1.30 | 23.0 | 23.00 | 194 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | |
| 29 | Our Wife (1941) | Melvyn Douglas & Charles Coburn |
1.30 | 51.6 | 51.60 | 153 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 53.3 | |
| 30 | Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) | Lana Turner & Robert Young |
0.50 | 21.2 | 21.20 | 190 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 47.8 | |
| 31 | Pierre of the Plains (1942) | John Carroll & Bruce Cabot |
0.80 | 30.7 | 45.40 | 190 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 32.3 |
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Ruth Hussey eh… surprised she didn’t change her surname before going to Hollywood. 🙂
I’ve seen just 4 of the 28 films on the chart – The Philadelphia Story, Northwest Passage, The Uninvited and Another Thin Man.
Looking at the grosses The Uninvited was a bigger hit than I expected, bigger than The Philadelphia Story. Watched it again last year, some spooky moments but also so many wasted opportunites to make a really good ghost story, the director just wasn’t interested.
Hello Steve,
Really i like your great sense of humour, even i have never hear of her before, but i am sure it will be better to change something
So long
Pierre
Well her last feature was in 1960, did you expect her to ever be on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. There are 3 people on the 2016 list who appeared with her;
245 MICKEY ROONEY Hold That Kiss (1938)
245 MICKEY ROONEY Judge Hardy’s Children (1938)
271 ROBERT WAGNER Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
781 SHELLEY WINTERS The Great Gatsby (1949)
These are the actors who appeared in a film with Ruth and were on the original list in 2000 but have since fallen off;
41 BURGESS MEREDITH Spring Madness (1938)
50 JEFF COREY I, Jane Doe (1948)
50 JEFF COREY Tennessee Johnson (1942)
108 DUB TAYLOR Woman of the North Country (1952)
120 ROBERT STACK Mr. Music (1950)
146 MIKE MAZURKI The Facts of Life (1960)
147 LLOYD BRIDGES ‘Northwest Passage’ (Book I — Rogers’ Rangers) (1940)
147 LLOYD BRIDGES Our Wife (1941)
160 ROBERT RYAN MARINE RAIDERS (1944)
160 ROBERT RYAN Tender Comrade (1943)
186 AVA GARDNER H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
187 RAY MILLAND The Uninvited (1944)
219 ELISHA COOK JR. The Great Gatsby (1949)
222 BESS FLOWERS Free and Easy (1941)
222 BESS FLOWERS Honolulu (1939)
222 BESS FLOWERS Louisa (1950)
222 BESS FLOWERS Married Bachelor (1941)
222 BESS FLOWERS Mr. Music (1950)
222 BESS FLOWERS Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Facts of Life (1960)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Great Gatsby (1949)
256 HANK WORDEN ‘Northwest Passage’ (Book I — Rogers’ Rangers) (1940)
256 HANK WORDEN Woman of the North Country (1952)
272 VITO SCOTTI The Facts of Life (1960)
344 JAMES STEWART The Philadelphia Story (1940)
356 PHIL BROWN H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
356 PHIL BROWN Pierre of the Plains (1942)
362 BARRY SULLIVAN The Great Gatsby (1949)
395 WALTER PIDGEON Flight Command (1940)
395 WALTER PIDGEON Man-Proof (1938)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Blackmail (1939)
506 DOUGLAS FOWLEY Time Out for Murder (1938)
534 BOB HOPE The Facts of Life (1960)
542 PAUL FIX Big City (1937)
606 ALBERTO MORIN Another Thin Man (1939)
606 ALBERTO MORIN Flight Command (1940)
606 ALBERTO MORIN Honolulu (1939)
606 ALBERTO MORIN Tennessee Johnson (1942)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS Our Wife (1941)
682 RAY TEAL ‘Northwest Passage’ (Book I — Rogers’ Rangers) (1940)
682 RAY TEAL Tennessee Johnson (1942)
682 RAY TEAL The Great Gatsby (1949)
712 FINLAY CURRIE Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Big City (1937)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Fast and Furious (1939)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Man-Proof (1938)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Woman of the North Country (1952)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Big City (1937)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Fast and Furious (1939)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Time Out for Murder (1938)
821 PIPER LAURIE Louisa (1950)
832 DON BRODIE Bedside Manner (1945)
832 DON BRODIE Married Bachelor (1941)
859 MYRON HEALEY I, Jane Doe (1948)
877 JERRY LEWIS That’s My Boy (1951)
882 DEAN MARTIN That’s My Boy (1951)
963 FRANK FERGUSON Louisa (1950)
963 FRANK FERGUSON Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
969 BYRON FOULGER H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Hold That Kiss (1938)
989 BRUCE CABOT Pierre of the Plains (1942)
989 BRUCE CABOT Susan and God (1940)
Ruth appeared with 22 Oscar winners;
BING CROSBY Mr. Music (1950)
CHARLES COBURN H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
CHARLES COBURN Louisa (1950)
CHARLES COBURN Mr. Music (1950)
CHARLES COBURN Our Wife (1941)
DONALD CRISP THE UNINVITED (1944)
EDMUND GWENN Louisa (1950)
FREDRIC MARCH Susan and God (1940)
GEORGE BURNS Honolulu (1939)
GINGER ROGERS Tender Comrade (1943)
JAMES STEWART The Philadelphia Story (1940)
JANE DARWELL Tender Comrade (1943)
JANE DARWELL Time Out for Murder (1938)
JOAN CRAWFORD Susan and God (1940)
JOAN CRAWFORD The Women (1939)
JOAN FONTAINE The Women (1939)
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT MARIE ANTIONETTE (1938)
KATHARINE HEPBURN The Philadelphia Story (1940)
KIM HUNTER Tender Comrade (1943)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Tennessee Johnson (1942)
LUISE RAINER Big City (1937)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Our Wife (1941)
NORMA SHEARER MARIE ANTIONETTE (1938)
NORMA SHEARER The Women (1939)
RAY MILLAND The Uninvited (1944)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Great Gatsby (1949)
SPENCER TRACY Big City (1937)
SPENCER TRACY Northwest Passage (1940)
VAN HEFLIN H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
VAN HEFLIN Tennessee Johnson (1942)
WALTER BRENNAN Northwest Passage (1940)
Hey Dan. Even though she was not active for so many years…..her lists are still decent. Looking at the first one …it looks Wagner will be the last holdout……but even he at almost 90 can not have too many more movies. Looking at the second list…Bess Flowers pops up…8 movies together…..I wonder if Flowers went home or just slept at the studio..lol. And the third list…..22 movies for a small movie output (compared to actresses of her era) is pretty impressive. 4 movies with Charles Coburn….seems…I keep seeing him….maybe it is time for an UMR page on Mr. Coburn. Thanks for sharing these lists.
I have seen 14 Ruth Hussey movies.
The highest rated movie I have seen is The Philadelphia Story at number 1.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Stars and Stripes Forever.
The lowest rated movie I have seen is Rich Man, Poor Girl at 26.
I have seen 8 of the top 10 movies.
My favourite movies are:
Another Thin Man
The Philadelphia Story
The Women
The Uninvited
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Hey Flora
1. Thanks for the comment, visit and tally count.
2. I have seen 6 of her movies…so I am well behind you….but I have seen her Top 5 UMR movies…so maybe I watched the right ones.
3. I have seen The Philadelphia Story many many times….I am sure I will really notice her part more on my next viewing.
4. My lowest one watched is Facts of Life…..but got admit….I can not recall her role in that one….I guess she was Lucille Ball’s friend.
5. Of your favorites….I have seen the first 4. Apparently H.M. Pulham, Esq. was the highlight of Robert Young’s acting career…one of the few times one of his roles got some Oscar buzz…I will have to check it out.
Great feedback as always.