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Actress Ruth Gillette worked steadily on stage, screen, and television from the mid-'20s through the early '80s. She made her Broadway debut in a 1925 production of Gay Paree. She subsequently played supporting roles in many more shows. She made her feature film debut in Woman in the Dark (1934). One of her most acclaimed film roles was that of Lillian Russell in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). On television, Gillette guest starred on such shows as McHale's Navy, Dennis the Menace, and Dr. Kildare. She made her final film appearance in Going Ape (1981).