Ruth Bailey

Ruth Emilissa Bailey (June 8, 1913 Her father was an official with the New York Central Railroad. Her parents were opposed to her having a career in acting, but she studied at the Goodman School of Theater in Chicago anyway Her career developed further after she moved to Chicago, where she performed on stage and radio. Rose on Guiding Light, and Rose Kransky on The Right to Happiness. Other programs on which she appeared included Jane's Grief,

Bailey performed on television in Cincinnati, including having the role of Death Valley Daisy, hostess of WLWT's broadcasts of Western films and starring in The Storm on WKRC. They moved to Cincinnati in 1947. She was active in civic affairs in Cincinnati, including working with the Cincinnati Garden Center, the Modern Art Society, the Women's Committee of the Symphony,