About Ruth Springford
Lived 1921 – 2010 (aged 88–89). Ruth Springford was a Canadian actor and film actor.
Margaret Ruth Springford (September 1921 November 20, 2010) was a Canadian radio, stage, television and film actress.
Biography Springford was the daughter of Walter and Elspeth Springford. Little is known of her personal life, but it appears she never married. Her parents enrolled her in drama school at age seven.
On radio, she appeared in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio dramatic anthology series "Stage", produced by Andrew Allan at CBC Vancouver.
On television, her credits include Hangin' In, A Gift to Last, The Frankie Howerd Show and Maggie Muggins, as well as the Jim Henson teleplay The Cube and the TV movie Nellie McClung.
On film, Springford has appeared in the feature film The Changeling.
Ruth Springford died at Etobicoke General Hospital, Etobicoke, Ontario, on November 20, 2010, aged 89. John Drainie Award (1979) - Lifetime Achievement
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Canadian radio and television actress
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Ruth Springford was born in 1921 in Toronto.
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Ruth Springford died on 20 November 2010 in Etobicoke.
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Ruth Springford was an actor and film actor.
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