Norma Connolly (August 27, 1927 â€" November 18, 1998) was an American
actress having a career spanning five decades and known for her roles
on The Young Marrieds as Lena Karr Gilroy and General Hospital as Ruby
Anderson.Connolly was born on August 27, 1927, in Boston,
Massachusetts to Beulah and Archie Connolly, where her father owned a
lumber business. She graduated from Brandeis University in 1958.
Connolly studied acting with Morris Carnovsky at the Leland Powers
School of Drama, with both Harold Clurman and Stella Adler at Actors
Studio, and at the Cushing Academy.Connolly started her career as a
guest star on Pulitzer Prize Playhouse in 1951. She next was in
Celanese Theatre as Marcia in 1952. Connollly would guest star in a
number of television programs such as Danger, Naked City, The Twilight
Zone, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Novak, The F.B.I., I Dream of Jeannie, The Bold
Ones: The New Doctors, Columbo, Little House on the Prairie, and
Charlie's Angels. She starred in the Made-for-TV-Movies Mr. and Mrs.
Cop and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood. Connolly starred the
miniseries QB VII as Corinne. She is best known for her roles as Lena
Karr Gilroy in The Young Marrieds from 1964â€"66 and Ruby Anderson on
General Hospital from 1979â€"98. She was in Alfred Hitchcock's The
Wrong Man (1956), Robert Lewin's Third of a Man (1962), Robert
Mulligan's The Other (1972), and James Goldstone's They Only Kill
Their Masters (1972). On stage, Connolly was in A Streetcar Named
Desire, Night of the Iguana and The Crucible. She was nominated for a
Daytime Emmy Award for her performance as Ruby Anderson in 1985 at the
12th Daytime Emmy Awards.
actress having a career spanning five decades and known for her roles
on The Young Marrieds as Lena Karr Gilroy and General Hospital as Ruby
Anderson.Connolly was born on August 27, 1927, in Boston,
Massachusetts to Beulah and Archie Connolly, where her father owned a
lumber business. She graduated from Brandeis University in 1958.
Connolly studied acting with Morris Carnovsky at the Leland Powers
School of Drama, with both Harold Clurman and Stella Adler at Actors
Studio, and at the Cushing Academy.Connolly started her career as a
guest star on Pulitzer Prize Playhouse in 1951. She next was in
Celanese Theatre as Marcia in 1952. Connollly would guest star in a
number of television programs such as Danger, Naked City, The Twilight
Zone, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Novak, The F.B.I., I Dream of Jeannie, The Bold
Ones: The New Doctors, Columbo, Little House on the Prairie, and
Charlie's Angels. She starred in the Made-for-TV-Movies Mr. and Mrs.
Cop and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood. Connolly starred the
miniseries QB VII as Corinne. She is best known for her roles as Lena
Karr Gilroy in The Young Marrieds from 1964â€"66 and Ruby Anderson on
General Hospital from 1979â€"98. She was in Alfred Hitchcock's The
Wrong Man (1956), Robert Lewin's Third of a Man (1962), Robert
Mulligan's The Other (1972), and James Goldstone's They Only Kill
Their Masters (1972). On stage, Connolly was in A Streetcar Named
Desire, Night of the Iguana and The Crucible. She was nominated for a
Daytime Emmy Award for her performance as Ruby Anderson in 1985 at the
12th Daytime Emmy Awards.
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