Ruth Kobart

Ruth Kobart

Infobox actor
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birthplace = Des Moines, Iowa
deathdate = death date and age|2002|12|14|1924|4|24|mf=y
deathplace = San Francisco, California

Ruth Kobart (April 24 1924December 14 2002) was an American character actress whose six-decade career encompassed opera, Broadway musical theatre, regional theatre, films, and television.

Born as Ruth Maxine Finkelstein in Des Moines, Iowa, Kobart studied opera at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and made her professional debut as the Witch in an off-Broadway production of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel". She frequently toured with the NBC opera company and the New York City Opera.

In 1953, Kobart made her Broadway debut in the chorus of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Pipe Dream". She also understudied leading lady Helen Traubel and played her role twenty times times during the show's run. Additional Broadway credits included "Maria Golovin", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "A Flea in Her Ear", and "The Three Sisters". She was nominated for the 1963 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for "Forum".

Kobart's association with San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater began with its first season in 1967 and lasted through 1994. Her appearances with them included "The House of Bernarda Alba", "Sunday in the Park with George", "Arsenic and Old Lace", and "Home". In the 1970s she took an extended leave from the company to portray Nurse Ratched in the 18-month-long San Francisco production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

Kobart's national tour credits included "Forty Carats","The Last of the Red Hot Lovers", and "Annie" where she stopped the show with her star turn as Miss Hanniagan along with Gary Beach as Rooster. On screen she appeared in the feature film adaptation of "How to Succeed" as well as "Petulia", "Dirty Harry", "The Hindenburg", "Sister Act", and "".

Her television credits included a regular role on "Bob" and guest appearances on "CHiPs", "Archie Bunker's Place", "St. Elsewhere", "Matt Houston", "Remington Steele", "Midnight Caller", and "Murphy Brown".

Kobart died of pancreatic cancer at her home in San Francisco, aged 78, seven months after being diagnosed with the illness.

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