Ruth Emily Gillmore (26 October 1899 - February 1976) was an
English-born American stage actress.Gillmore was the daughter of Frank
Gillmore, former president of Actors' Equity, and the actress Laura
MacGillivray, and the sister of actress Margalo Gillmore. Her
great-aunt was the British actor-manager Sarah Thorne, and her
great-uncles were the actors Thomas Thorne and George Thorne.A
fourth-generation actor on her father's side, Gillmore's first
professional appearance was as an unborn child in Maurice
Maeterlinck's The Betrothal in New York City in 1918. Her later
theatrical appearances included Edie Upton in The Robbery (1921),
Jeanne in The Nest (1922), The '49ers (1922), No Sirree! (1922), Gail
Carlton in No More Frontiers (1931), and Mrs Howard in The Farmer
Takes a Wife (1934-5).She married theatre producer Max Sonino (28 June
1905â€"15 May 1976) in Florence in Italy. They met when he produced
the 1931 play No More Frontiers, in which she had appeared. Together
they translated the Italian plays Finding Oneself (1933) by Luigi
Pirandello, and Giovacchino Forzano's Gutlibi and The Bells of San
Lucio. Their daughter was Mildred Sonino (18 February 1936â€"January
1986).
English-born American stage actress.Gillmore was the daughter of Frank
Gillmore, former president of Actors' Equity, and the actress Laura
MacGillivray, and the sister of actress Margalo Gillmore. Her
great-aunt was the British actor-manager Sarah Thorne, and her
great-uncles were the actors Thomas Thorne and George Thorne.A
fourth-generation actor on her father's side, Gillmore's first
professional appearance was as an unborn child in Maurice
Maeterlinck's The Betrothal in New York City in 1918. Her later
theatrical appearances included Edie Upton in The Robbery (1921),
Jeanne in The Nest (1922), The '49ers (1922), No Sirree! (1922), Gail
Carlton in No More Frontiers (1931), and Mrs Howard in The Farmer
Takes a Wife (1934-5).She married theatre producer Max Sonino (28 June
1905â€"15 May 1976) in Florence in Italy. They met when he produced
the 1931 play No More Frontiers, in which she had appeared. Together
they translated the Italian plays Finding Oneself (1933) by Luigi
Pirandello, and Giovacchino Forzano's Gutlibi and The Bells of San
Lucio. Their daughter was Mildred Sonino (18 February 1936â€"January
1986).
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