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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 performance as Lear was widely acclaimed: her King Lear was portrayed as an imperious Southern matriarch.
Birth Name
Ruth Sophia Reinprecht
Born
Sunday, 08 January 1939
Died
Monday, 30 September 2013
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Portraits in Dramatic Time | Self | 2011 |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Homeless Caroline | 2008 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Inez | 2001 |
| Mondo Plympton | (voice) | 1997 |
| The Crucible | Goody Osborne | 1996 |
| Sleepers | Woman at Subway Station | 1996 |
| Angela | Sleepwalker | 1996 |
| Tales of Erotica | (segment "The Dutch Master") | 1996 |
| Statuary | The Statuary Keeper | 1995 |
| ER | Marita Novotny | 1994 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Portraits in Dramatic Time | Self | 2011 |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Homeless Caroline | 2008 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Inez | 2001 |
| Mondo Plympton | (voice) | 1997 |
| The Crucible | Goody Osborne | 1996 |
| Sleepers | Woman at Subway Station | 1996 |
| Angela | Sleepwalker | 1996 |
| Tales of Erotica | (segment "The Dutch Master") | 1996 |
| Statuary | The Statuary Keeper | 1995 |
| ER | Marita Novotny | 1994 |
| Me and Veronica | Person on Ferry | 1993 |
| The Dutch Master | Dutch Housekeeper | 1993 |
| The Ballad of Little Jo | Shopkeeper | 1993 |
| Mac | Burgess | 1992 |
| In the Soup | Mrs. Rollo | 1992 |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | Cathy's Mother | 1991 |
| Self Portrait | 1991 | |
| Law & Order | Old Woman | 1990 |
| Anna | Woman #1 / Woman Named Gloria | 1987 |
| Boomtown | The Android Sisters (voice) / The Android Sisters | 1985 |
| C.H.U.D. | Mrs. Monroe | 1984 |
| Far from Poland | Anna Walentynowicz | 1984 |
| Strong Medicine | Eleanor | 1981 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
