CARTER, RUTH DRAPER April 29, 1926 to January 14, 2011 Ruth Carter, 84, of La Jolla, graciously entered Heaven’s gates on January 14, 2011. We have lost the irreplaceable center of our family and the ...

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Before Lily Tomlin, before Anna Deavere Smith, before Eve Ensler and a host of other performance artists, there was Ruth Draper, monologuist. Draper's nearly 40-year career began in the drawing rooms ...

Ruth E. Draper Nov. 3, 1917 – July 18, 2008 A Concord Resident Ruth E. Draper, a homemaker, passed away peacefully in Concord at the age of 90. A native of Berkeley, CA, Ruth had lived in Concord for ...

SOMETIMES in the regulation drama, an actor, usually quite extraneous to the plot, will appear and deliver a monologue that identifies him or her as a typical bore, club lady, American businessman, ...

“I love Ruth Draper,” wrote Henry Adams to a friend. “She is a little genius and quite fascinates me.” When Adams wrote in 1911, the 26-year-old actress was still an amateur, reciting in people’s ...

Actresses are not presented at Court to Their Britannic Majesties.*Neither are acrobats, ballerinas, lady ventriloquists, tight-wire dancers, professional fat women, female pugilists. But what about a ...

Ruth W. Draper loved deeply, lived fully, and took her last breath Sunday, December 29, 2019. Her passing words urged kindness to all. She had a warm smile and quick humor. She was gracious and ...

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Ruth A. Draper, 94, of Bristol, passed to her eternal rest peacefully on Thursday (June 9, 2016) at The Pines at Bristol. Ruth was born in Bristol on January 15, 1922 and was one of nine children of ...