Ruth McDevitt: movies and TV shows
Ruth McDevitt has 84 credits in the archive: 28 films and 56 TV series, from 1948 to 1976. Highest rated: Little House on the Prairie (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 1976 · busiest year: 1974 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | One of My Wives Is Missing | Mrs. Foster | Film | 7.3 | 80 |
| 1976 | Demon and the Mummy | Miss Emily Cowles | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 1976 | Crackle of Death | Emily Cowles | Film | 7.5 | 80 |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | TV | 7.5 | 79 | |
| 1975 | The Abduction of Saint Anne | Sister Patrick | Film | 8.0 | 79 |
| 1975 | My Father's House | Anna | Film | 9.0 | 79 |
| 1975 | Man on the Outside | Stella Daniels | Film | 8.0 | 79 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Maddie Elder | TV | 7.9 | 78 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Elderly Woman | TV | 7.7 | 78 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Edith Cowels | TV | 7.7 | 78 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Emily Cowles | TV | 7.7 | 78 |
| 1974 | Run, Joe, Run | TV | 6.7 | 78 | |
| 1974 | Mame | Cousin Fan | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1974 | Homebodies | Mrs. Loomis | Film | 6.8 | 78 |
| 1974 | Winter Kill | Mildred Young | Film | 7.2 | 78 |
| 1974 | Skyway to Death | Aunt Louise | Film | 5.3 | 78 |
| 1974 | Mixed Company | Miss Bergquist | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Mrs. Farenkrug | TV | 7.2 | 77 |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely To... | Housemother | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 1973 | A Prowler in the Heart | Doreen | Film | — | 77 |
| 1972 | Emergency! | TV | 7.9 | 76 | |
| 1972 | The Rookies | TV | 6.9 | 76 | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Maude | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Elderly Woman | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 1972 | The Couple Takes a Wife | Mrs. Flanagan | Film | 10.0 | 76 |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Josephine 'Jo' Nelson | TV | 7.8 | 75 |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Jo | TV | 7.8 | 75 |
| 1971 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Mrs. Ferguson | TV | 5.2 | 75 |
| 1971 | The New Andy Griffith Show | TV | 7.7 | 75 | |
| 1971 | In Search of America | Grandma Rose | Film | 5.3 | 75 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 74 | |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | TV | 6.7 | 74 | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Theresa | TV | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1969 | Room 222 | TV | 6.1 | 73 | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | TV | 6.4 | 73 | |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Miss Bristol | TV | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1969 | The Debbie Reynolds Show | TV | 7.8 | 73 | |
| 1969 | My World and Welcome to It | TV | 6.3 | 73 | |
| 1969 | Angel in My Pocket | Nadine | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1969 | Change of Habit | Lily | Film | 5.4 | 73 |
| 1969 | The Love God? | Miss Keezy | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Mrs. Whitmark | TV | 6.7 | 72 |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Selma Plunkett | TV | 6.2 | 72 |
| 1968 | The Outsider | TV | 6.0 | 72 | |
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Mrs. Olive Heywood | Film | 6.2 | 72 |
| 1967 | Ironside | TV | 6.9 | 71 | |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 71 | |
| 1967 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Grandma Hanks | Film | — | 71 |
| 1966 | That Girl | TV | 6.2 | 70 | |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Grandma Effie Hanks | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Mrs. Horlick | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1965 | Dear Heart | Miss Tait | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1964 | Bewitched | TV | 7.9 | 68 | |
| 1963 | The Birds | Mrs. MacGruder | Film | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1963 | Love is a Ball | Mathilda | Film | 5.1 | 67 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. Fister | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Miss Emmy Wright | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Beulah Partridge | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Nurse Adele Fromm | TV | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Miss Inch | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Mrs. Pendleton | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 64 | |
| 1958 | Naked City | Abbie Dobbins | TV | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1957 | Decoy | Mrs. Graff | TV | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Gramma Boggs | TV | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Eva | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1952 | Mister Peepers | Mom Peepers | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1951 | The Guy Who Came Back | Grandma | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Mrs. White | TV | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Jane | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Wheaton | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mrs. Griffin | TV | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mrs. Waters | TV | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1949 | Suspense | TV | 5.1 | 53 | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Jenny | TV | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mrs. Barret | TV | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1949 | A Woman to Remember | TV | — | 53 | |
| 1949 | She Loves Me Not | Frances Arbuthnot | Film | — | 53 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 52 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Hester | TV | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Wilson | TV | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Clark | TV | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 52 |