Ruth Ford, 98, a one-time member of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre who appeared in Broadway plays and in films and television, has died.
Ford died Wednesday of age-related complications at home in New York City, said her lawyer, Karin Gustafson.
On Broadway, Ford appeared in plays including “No Exit” (1946), “Miss Julie” and “The Stronger” (1956), a revival of “Dinner at Eight” (1966) and “Poor Murderer” (1976).
For a 1959 Broadway production of “Requiem for a Nun” by William Faulkner, Ford co-starred with her husband Zachary Scott and helped the author adapt his 1951 novel for the stage.
Ford had met Faulkner in the 1930s in Oxford, Miss., where she dated his younger brother and his nephew.
Ford’s longtime home in the Dakota, the historic Manhattan apartment building, was a gathering spot for her artist and writer friends such as Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Edward Albee.
“They felt very comfortable with her, and she was beautiful, and they loved her,” Gustafson said.
