Acting

Ruth Thom

Born 1914-04-15 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Ruth Thom was born on April 15, 1914 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Body Heat (1981), Petticoat Junction (1963) and The Andy Griffith Show (1960). She was previously married to C.J. Thom. She died on December 7, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Acting credits

7.0

During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

Body Heat

1981

6.7

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

1966