Thelma Ritter
13 titles
Filmography
13 results

As Young as You Feel
(1951)A worker poses as the head of the company that owns the company that forced him to retire at 65.

Birdman of Alcatraz
(1962)A steely two-time killer develops a growing love for birds while behind bars after finding an orphaned sparrow in the prison yard.

Pickup on South Street
(1953)A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and soon becomes the target of a communist spy ring.

Boeing, Boeing
(1965)Adapted from the stage to the screen, Boeing Boeing follows the lives of American journalist Bernard Lawrence (Tony Curtis) and his friend Robert Reed (Jerry Lewis) in Paris. Bernard is juggling romances with three different women who are stewardesses and have opposite schedules; a perfect situation for any bachelor. However, when Robert comes in for a visit and the airline carriers increase flight services to Paris the comedy ensues!

Perfect Strangers
(1950)Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan show they still have plenty of screen chemistry in this engaging blend of romance, comedy and courtroom thriller.

A New Kind of Love
(1963)Steve, a newspaper reporter, and Samantha, a fashion buyer, share a nasty case of hate at first sight. But he takes a second look when she goes from grim to glamorous in one magical afternoon at Elizabeth Arden's Beauty Salon. Will l'amour triumph!

Rear Window
(1954)When professional photographer J.B. “Jeff” Jeffries is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbours play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events...

Pillow Talk
(1959)In their first romantic comedy together, Doris Day and Rock Hudson are utterly charming as an uptight interior decorator and an amorous playboy who are forced to share a party line.

Daddy Long Legs
(1955)Fred Astaire becomes both the benefactor and suitor of Leslie Caron in this charming story of a playboy who falls under the spell of a beautiful French orphan. While traveling through France, Jervis Pendleton lll (Astaire) anonymously sponsors an 18-year-old girl named Julie (Caron), whom he sends to college in America. Two years later they finally meet face to face and start to fall in love. But complications arise and their happiness is threatened when Jervis embarks on a noble yet misguided attempt to do "the right thing" about their age difference. Featuring imaginative production numbers and a Johnny Mercer score that includes the 1955 Oscar® -nominated hit for Best Song "Something's Gotta Give", Daddy Long Legs is a song-filled blend of dance and fantasy for romantics of all ages.

A Hole in the Head
(1959)The story of Tony Manetta, a widowed hotel owner, who, despite being unreliable when it comes to his professional and love life, is devoted to his son. Tony's brother, Mario, offers to help him with his finances, if he agrees to settle down.

Titanic
(1953)La vie des passagers du Titanic, paquebot de luxe voué à un funeste destin, est présentée avant et pendant son triste naufrage dans l'Atlantique.

The Misfits
(1961)A sexy divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle in early-sixties Nevada.

All About Eve
(1950)Joseph L. Mankiewicz writes and directs this classic award-winning drama starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Eve Harrington (Baxter) is famous actress Margo Channing (Davis)'s biggest fan. When, by chance, she gets to meet the great lady, she quickly ingratiates herself into her life.