Ruth Thane McDevitt (née Shoecraft; September , â€" May , ) was an
American stage, film, radio and television actress.The daughter of
John Barnabas Shoecraft and Elizabeth Imber Shoecraft, McDevitt was
born in Coldwater, Michigan, but she grew up in Ohio. After attending
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she married Patrick McDevitt on
December , , and decided to devote her time to her marriage. After her
husband's death in , she returned to acting. She made her debut on
Broadway in , and succeeded her friend Josephine Hull in Arsenic and
Old Lace, Harvey, and The Solid Gold Cadillac.McDevitt also acted on
radio, portraying the title character's mother in Keeping up with
Rosemary and Jane in This Life Is Mine.:On television, McDevitt
portrayed Bessie Thatcher in the DuMont drama A Woman to Remember ().:
She played Mom Peepers in the s sitcom Mister Peepers:- and Grandma
Hanks on CBS's Pistols 'n' Petticoats.: She was a regular on The
Everly Brothers Show and the NBC soap Bright Promise from September
to June . McDevitt also had a regular role as Emily Cowles on Kolchak:
the Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin.:
American stage, film, radio and television actress.The daughter of
John Barnabas Shoecraft and Elizabeth Imber Shoecraft, McDevitt was
born in Coldwater, Michigan, but she grew up in Ohio. After attending
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she married Patrick McDevitt on
December , , and decided to devote her time to her marriage. After her
husband's death in , she returned to acting. She made her debut on
Broadway in , and succeeded her friend Josephine Hull in Arsenic and
Old Lace, Harvey, and The Solid Gold Cadillac.McDevitt also acted on
radio, portraying the title character's mother in Keeping up with
Rosemary and Jane in This Life Is Mine.:On television, McDevitt
portrayed Bessie Thatcher in the DuMont drama A Woman to Remember ().:
She played Mom Peepers in the s sitcom Mister Peepers:- and Grandma
Hanks on CBS's Pistols 'n' Petticoats.: She was a regular on The
Everly Brothers Show and the NBC soap Bright Promise from September
to June . McDevitt also had a regular role as Emily Cowles on Kolchak:
the Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin.:
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