Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon (1896 - 1985)
==Film Deaths==
*Harold and Maude (1971) [Maude]: Commits suicide by taking an overdose of pills; we see her being rushed to the hospital after she tells Bud Cort that she's taken the pills, then see a doctor coming out and informing Bud of her death. (The doctor's scene is silent, but the body language makes it clear that she didn't make it.) Her body is not shown.
==Television Deaths== 
*Don't Go to Sleep (1982) [Bernice]: Dies from a heart attack when she discovers Oliver Robins pet iguana in her bed put there by Robin Ignico.
==Notable Connections==
*Mrs. Gregory Kelly (widowed)
*Mrs. Garson Kanin
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