caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
pierre van vechten , november 9 , 1947 balmain and ruth ford , photographed by carl 12 august 2009 new york city , new york , usa brookhaven , mississippi , usa 1911 02 18 1938 & ndash ; 85 pierre van vechten , november 9 , 1947.jpg balmain and ruth ford , photographed by carl ruth ford -lrb- actress -rrb-
 ruth ford model , actress
ruth ford -lrb- actress -rrb-

ruth ford -lrb- july 7 , 1911 , brookhaven , mississippi -- august 12 , 2009 , new york city -rrb- was an american model and stage and film actress .
her brother was the bohemian surrealist charles henri ford .
their parents managed the tennessee hotel in clarksville , tennessee .
