Ruth Gordon's 1946 "Years Ago" dramatizes her early years in Quincy, when her acting ambitions ran up against her father's expectations.

Ruth Gordon on Broadway Though Gordon had a 25-year break between her early films, that didn't mean she wasn't working. The actress performed in many Broadway plays, and made her stage debut in a ...

On Aug. 27, 1979, Westborough got a taste of Hollywood royalty when actress Ruth Gordon came to the opening of a movie theater with her name on it.

The free music and film series at the Ruth Gordon Amphitheater in Quincy rocks on Friday evenings through Aug. 25 with jazz, country, Celtic.