Writer. Ruth Waterbury was the former editor of Photoplay and Silver Screen magazines. She covered Hollywood film industry news for over 50 years dating back to the late 1920s. She wrote for The New York Daily News, The Los Angeles Herald, Coronet Magazine and countless movie fan magazines throughout her career and served as assistant to legendary Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons, often writing Parson's popular radio show scripts. Additionally, she was a five-time president of the Hollywood Women's Press Club. In the mid-1960s she authored two biographies: "Elizabeth Taylor: Her Life, Her Loves, Her Future" and "Richard Burton: His Intimate Story." Ruth left no survivors.
Writer. Ruth Waterbury was the former editor of Photoplay and Silver Screen magazines. She covered Hollywood film industry news for over 50 years dating back to the late 1920s. She wrote for The New York Daily News, The Los Angeles Herald, Coronet Magazine and countless movie fan magazines throughout her career and served as assistant to legendary Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons, often writing Parson's popular radio show scripts. Additionally, she was a five-time president of the Hollywood Women's Press Club. In the mid-1960s she authored two biographies: "Elizabeth Taylor: Her Life, Her Loves, Her Future" and "Richard Burton: His Intimate Story." Ruth left no survivors.
Bio by: Lisa Burks
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