• Ruth Ellis (née Neilson; 9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was a Welsh nightclub hostess and convicted murderer who became the last woman to be executed in...
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  • celebrated in Yvonne Welbon's documentary film Living With Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100. Ellis was born in Springfield, Illinois, on July 23, 1899. She was the...
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  • starring Lucy Boynton as Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, and Toby Jones as her solicitor John Bickford. Ellis was the last woman to be hanged...
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    Ruth Ellis Story. Originally given the simple title of Ruth, the adaptation was announced as having been retitled to A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story...
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    year Ruth Ellis was celebrating her 100th birthday. The founders chose to call the program the Ruth Ellis Center in recognition of all the youth Ellis had...
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    from nearby South End Green. The last woman to be hanged in Britain, Ruth Ellis, was sentenced to death for a murder committed on South Hill Park. She...
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  • is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell. Telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain (1955), the film won critical...
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    legislation in her home state. She has been an outspoken supporter of Detroit's Ruth Ellis Center after the organization's staff sent Sykes a letter asking her to...
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  • law principle of joint enterprise. Pierrepoint hanged Ruth Ellis for murder in July 1955. Ellis was in an abusive relationship with David Blakely, a racing...
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    slated to portray Ruth Ellis in a 1979 film that was ultimately never produced. In the 1995 biography Ruth Ellis, My Mother, Ellis's daughter Georgie described...
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    Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, playwright and screenwriter. She began her career performing on Broadway...
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  • was the trial judge who presided over the conviction of Ruth Ellis for murder in 1955. Ellis was the last woman to be sentenced to death and executed...
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    Dors is said to have become a close friend of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, after Ellis had a bit part in Lady Godiva Rides Again....
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  • actress Albert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people Alexander Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people Allan Ellis (disambiguation) Alton Ellis (1938–2008)...
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  • Christie's Poirot (2008). Her film appearances include Ruth Ellis in Pierrepoint (2005), Ruth in V for Vendetta (2006), Kate in Artifacts (2007), Michelle...
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    marble fireplace. The pub became infamous as the location outside which Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, shot her boyfriend...
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    Francilene Van de Vyver 2009 Carol Atkins Grace Lee Boggs Margaret Chandler Ruth Ellis Edna Ferber Glenda Lappan Kay Givens McGowan Elizabeth Phillips Jessica...
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    shirts' proceeds would go to the Ali Forney Center in Brooklyn and the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit, two organizations which aim to help LGBT youth. In...
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  • Pierrepoint (film) (category Cultural depictions of Ruth Ellis)
    Flynn as Neville Tobias Menzies as Lieutenant Llewellyn Mary Stockley as Ruth Ellis James Corden as Kirky The hanging scenes and the street protest scenes...
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  • the penultimate woman to be executed in Britain, followed in 1955 by Ruth Ellis. Styllou Christofi was born in Cyprus, then a British protectorate, to...
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  • Fine Day for a Hanging: The Ruth Ellis Story was adapted into the ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, with Ellis being portrayed by Lucy Boynton...
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  • Ruth Ellis case but Henry wrote the story and script during the filming of The Weak and the Wicked. Dors (who had been briefly acquainted with Ellis on...
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  • to be a miscarriage of justice. Along with those of Derek Bentley and Ruth Ellis, the case played a major part in the removal of capital punishment for...
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    history which goes with them. In 1985, Richardson made her film debut as Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, in the biographical...
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  • junior counsel to Aubrey Melford Stevenson for the defence in the trial of Ruth Ellis; she was the last woman hanged in the United Kingdom. In 1967, Shaw acting...
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    Edith Thompson (9 January 1923) Styllou Christofi (13 December 1954) Ruth Ellis (13 July 1955; last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom) The bodies...
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    2024 One Day Lionel Episode 1.9 2024 Batman: Caped Crusader Gentleman Ghost / James "Jim" Craddock (voice) TBD A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story TBD...
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    in Amersham. Best known as Chairman of the Royal Variety Performance Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in England, buried in St Mary's Cemetery Paul Foot...
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    August 2023. Goldbart, Max (28 September 2023). "Toby Jones Boards ITV Drama 'Ruth' About Last Woman To Be Hanged In Britain". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved...
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    (1985-08-16). "NEW FACE: FROM MIRANDA RICHARDSON; FROM BRISTOL OLD VIC TO RUTH ELLIS ON FILM (Published 1985)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-08-15. Canby...
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