Ruth Maleczech

Acting

Ruth Maleczech

Born January 8, 1939 · East Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died September 30, 2013 · aged 74

Ruth Sophia Reinprecht (January 8, 1939 – September 30, 2013), professionally known as Ruth Maleczech, was an American avant-garde stage actress. She won three Obie Awards for Best Actress in her career, for Hajj (1983), Through the Leaves, (1984) and Lear (1990) and an Obie Award for Design, shared with Julie Archer, for Vanishing Pictures (1980), which she also directed. Her portrayal of King Le…

Known For

SleepersSleepers · 1996
Sleepers
★ 7.61996
MovieCrimeDrama
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
The CrucibleThe Crucible · 1996
The Crucible
★ 6.61996
MovieDramaHistory
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
C.H.U.D.C.H.U.D. · 1984
C.H.U.D.
★ 5.61984
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
Nick and Norah's Infinite PlaylistNick and Norah's Infinite Playlist · 2008
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
★ 6.42008
MovieComedyMusic
Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus begins an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while searching for Norah's drunken friend, Caroline, with help from Nick's band mates. As the night winds down, the two have to figure out what they want from each other.
King LearKing Lear · 1988
King Lear
★ 6.51988
MovieComedyDrama
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
AngelaAngela · 1996
Angela
★ 5.51996
MovieDrama
A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of their evil, which she believes to be the cause of their mother's mental illness. Precocious, to say the least, Angela has visions of Lucifer coming to take her and her sister away, and one of her remedies for this is for them to remain within a circle of their dolls and toys until they see a vision of the virgin Mary come to them. But such thinking can only lead to an ending befitting of her own mental state.
In the SoupIn the Soup · 1992
In the Soup
★ 6.71992
MovieComedyDrama
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
The Ballad of Little JoThe Ballad of Little Jo · 1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
★ 6.11993
MovieRomanceDrama
After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.

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