Ruth Draper Biography

Ruth Draper biography

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NAME: Ruth Draper
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Playwright
BIRTH DATE: December 02, 1884
DEATH DATE: December 30, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York

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Ruth Draper was an American monologist whose best known pieces include The Italian Lesson and Doctors and Diets.

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Ruth Draper was an American monologist who started out writing sketches about people she had observed and performing them at parties. Her New York debut in 1917 was followed shortly by her 1920 debut in London, after which she was proclaimed a master monologist. She always performed on a bare stage with minimal props. Her characters were created by subtle modulation of feature, gesture, and voice.