Ruth Gordon's 1946 "Years Ago" dramatizes her early years in Quincy, when her acting ambitions ran up against her father's expectations.

Ruth Gordon on Broadway Though Gordon had a 25-year break between her early films, that didn't mean she wasn't working. The actress performed in many Broadway plays, and made her stage debut in a ...

On Aug. 27, 1979, Westborough got a taste of Hollywood royalty when actress Ruth Gordon came to the opening of a movie theater with her name on it.