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As a teenager she appeared in high-school plays and stock companies. After initially being rebuffed, she received formal training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (ADA) [4] upon her graduation from Manual Training High School in Park Slope, Brooklyn. [3]
Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie career was started with a bit part in the 1946 Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
- February 14, 1902
- February 5, 1969
3. Thelma Ritter had a gap of 27 years between her Broadway appearances in In Times Square (1931) and New Girl in Town (1958). 4. She attended the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in New York City in the early 1920s.
Feb 14, 2017 · Along with people like Kirk Douglas, Grace Kelly, and Spencer Tracy, Ritter attended the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which is the oldest acting school in the English Speaking world.
Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie career was started with a bit part in the 1946 Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
- January 1, 1
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York, USA
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1905, Ritter took to the stage at an early age, perhaps influenced by her father who was a distinguished singer. Throughout high school, she did bit parts in stock and worked summers in a candy store and as a switchboard operator to pay her tuition at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Jun 4, 2024 · Thelma Ritter, who kept her thick Brooklyn accent throughout her movie career, was repeatedly cast in the working class roles of maids, nurses, secretaries and mothers.
