- Rita Gam
Rita Gam (born
April 2 ,1928 ,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ), aGolden Globe -nominated American film and television actress and documentary film maker.Personal
Gam's first husband was director
Sidney Lumet .She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her close friend
Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier inMonaco .Career
Gam's career began on Broadway and in television, after which she moved on to films, appearing first in the 1952
film noir "The Thief" withRay Milland .Another notable role was
Herodias in the 1961 film "King of Kings".She appeared in a few more American films before finding work in Europe. Gam returned to the U.S. to appear in small parts in films including "
Klute " in 1971 before taking up documentary film making.In 2004, she appeared in one of a series of ads for the
Royal Bank of Scotland . Filmed atSaint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York , the ad included Gam in the role of a concerned mother who is at first distressed when a wedding seems about to go haywire due to a vacillating, overly talkative groom.Links
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