Ruta Lee Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Ruta Lee (born May 30, 1936) is a Canadian-born actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She is known for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and as a semi-regular on a number of game shows, including the Hollywood Squares, What's My Line?, and as Alex Trebek's co-host on High Rollers. Ruta Lee was born Ruta Mary Kilmonis in Montreal, Quebec, and she was the only child of two Lithuanian immigrants. Her father was a tailor; her mother, a homemaker. In 1948, her family moved to Los Angeles,... MORE

Ruta Lee (born May 30, 1936) is a Canadian-born actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She is known for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and as a semi-regular on a number of game shows, including the Hollywood Squares, What's My Line?, and as Alex Trebek's co-host on High Rollers. Ruta Lee was born Ruta Mary Kilmonis in Montreal, Quebec, and she was the only child of two Lithuanian immigrants. Her father was a tailor; her mother, a homemaker. In 1948, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she graduated in 1954 from Hollywood High School and began studying acting and appearing in school plays. She attended both Los Angeles City College and the University of California at Los Angeles. Ruta worked as a cashier, an usherette, and a candy girl at Grauman's Chinese Theater, but when she was $40 short in her cash account at the end of her shift one night, she was fired. Lee then got a break with a spot on TV with George Burns and Gracie Allen. She soon found an agent, who landed her a job in an episode of the Roy Rogers show, followed by a spot on the series Adventures of LESS