Ruth Storey

{{Infobox person

| name = Ruth Storey

| image = Ruth Storey in One Step Beyond (The Trap).jpg

| caption = Storey in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960)

| birth_name = Ruth Stromberg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|01|12|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|08|22|1913|01|12|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

| occupation = Actress, psychotherapist

| years_active = 1953–1981

| spouse = {{marriage|Richard Conte|1943|1963|end=divorced}}

| children = 1

}}

Ruth Storey (born Ruth Stromberg; January 12, 1913 – August 22, 1997) was an American actress and the first wife of actor Richard Conte.{{cite news| title=Conte made film debut in '43| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2589904/the_kerrville_times/| newspaper=The Kerrville Times| date=June 2, 1991| page=47| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=June 10, 2015}} After retiring from acting, she became a psychotherapist.{{cite news| title=Ruth Storey, actress turned therapist, dies| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/707413523/| newspaper=The Fresno Bee| date=August 30, 1997| page=57| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 6, 2024}}

Personal life

Storey was married to actor Richard Conte, with whom she adopted a son,{{cite news|title=Actor Richard Conte Dies of Heart Attack|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2590061/valley_morning_star/|work=Valley Morning Star|location=Harlingen, Texas|agency=United Press International|date=April 16, 1975|page=9|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 10, 2015}} film editor Mark Conte. In 1950, Conte and Storey were living at 1366 San Ysidro Drive in Beverly Hills.{{Cite web|url=https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Los%20Angeles&ed=66-681&page=1|title = Search | 1950 Census}} They divorced in 1963.

Death

Storey died August 30, 1997.{{cite web |work=Variety |title=Ruth Storey |date=October 31, 1997 |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/people-news/ruth-storey-1116674554/}} She was 84.{{cite news| title=Ruth Storey, actress, psychotherapist| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/693190938/| newspaper=The Modesto Bee| date=August 30, 1997| page=57| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 6, 2024}} She is buried in the Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 11241). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition