Update:  February 2012

Here's your last chance to join us at the 58th ANGEL VIEW luncheon as Ruta is honored. $75.00 per person (Hosted Bar and Complimentary Valet Parking). Register online at www.angelview.org. Hope to see you there!

Update:  January 2012

Ruta Named 2012 Angel Of The Year By Angel View Organization In Palm Springs

The Angel View Crippled Children’s Organization is Palm Springs’ most esteemed and oldest children’s charity in the Desert. Check out the story at Highlight Hollywood.

Ruta started the year off with a bang. She filmed an episode of Celebrity Shoot Out with her pal Joe Mantegna and show host Michael Bane.

Update:  December 2011

Ruta and Webb were invited to the NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, VA this week and was given a guided tour of the National Firearms Museum. Story here.

Musical Mondays at the Pantages Theater, presented by The Actor's Fund, is always a hit with Ruta. The latest show was Betty Buckley performing Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway. Here's Ruta with Marion Ross, Juliet Mills and Betty Buckley.

Update:  October 2011

Ruta had a great time doing an episode of Days of Our Lives. She plays Tillie; it will air on January 4th. She so enjoyed renewing her friendship with dear friends Bill and Susan Hayes and she was overwhelmed when the cast and crew gave her a standing ovation.

Update:  September 2011

Ruta thoroughly enjoyed doing this podcast with Bill Feingold and hope you will too. Here's the link to download her interview: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bulldog-bill-feingold-hour-1/id423645372?i=97241312. Her show is Hour #1 on 9/13/11.

On August 29th, as Chairman of the Board of The Thalians, Ruta presented a check for $300,000 to Operation Mend of UCLA. They were chosen as the honoree and benefactor of the Thalians 2011 event for their mission to heal America's returning military heroes...in mind, body and spirit.

Left to right: Dr. Thomas Strouse, medical director of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA; Kira Lorsch, 2011 Thalians Event Co-Chair; Dr. Tim Miller, Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon of UCLA's Operation Mend Team; Ruta Lee, Thalians Chairman of the Board; and retired Army Specialist Joey Paulk, a UCLA Operation Mend patient who was injured in Afghanistan on July 5, 2007 when his tactical vehicle was hit by 3 anti-tank mines, flipping it over and igniting the fuel tank.

Update:  August 2011

Ruta was honored with a "Hitching Post" plaque on Main Street in Kanab, Utah at their Western Legends Roundup in August. The town is known as Little Hollywood for the over 200 films made there, a favorite of which is Sergeants Three.

Update:  July 2011

Ruta recently finished a photo shoot in Palms Springs for Angel View Crippled Children's Society where she will be their Angel of The Year at their 58th annual Luncheon on 02/20/12. Staying as busy as ever, she just celebrated her husband Webb's birthday, as well as a surprise 94th for Phyllis Diller.

On Monday, July 18th, she was interviewed by Russian journalist, Natalia Higginson, who is trying to educate the younger generation of her country about the art of the Cinema by using true Hollywood Legends.

Update:  June 2011

After hosting the extremely successful Thalians 55th Gala at the Playboy Mansion on April 30th, Ruta continued merrily on her philanthropic way by emceeing Spring of Hope for McIntyre House on May 21st. She had a delightful time with the talented and always funny, Judy Tenuta.

Update:  March 2011

Ruta honored her dear friends William and Patricia Anton on March 31st in NYC when she was Master of Ceremonies as they were presented The Americanism Award by The Anti Defamation League.

Update:  January 2011

December brought many wonderful folks to Ruta’s home as she interviewed them for Faith for Today/Lifestyle Magazine of the Airon The Trinity Broadcast Network. She hugged The Hulk, laughed with Tim Conway and George Wallace, and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Della Reese, Franklin Lett, Bill and Susan Hayes, Lee Meriwether, Dick and Patti Van Patten, Catherine Hicks, Kevin Yagher and the adorable Julianne Hough. Mike and Gayle Tucker also enjoyed Ruta's hospitality. Stay tuned for air dates.

2010

Friends from all over the globe are commenting on Ruta's appearance in Showtime's La La Land. As always, she was a big hit.

Ruta recently finished the film, The Land of the Astronauts, starring David Arquette and Bijou Phillips. The film is in post-production.

Ruta joined an incredible roster of "Distinguished Women" at the Northwood University Gala on November 4 - 6, 2010 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dallas, TX. Proceeds will benefit the students and enhance Northwood's three campuses.

After finishing a great run starring in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at her favorite theater, Casa Mañana in Fort Worth, Ruta is back in L.A. but can’t wait to go again! Here she is with her namesake, Rutalee Jernigan, who flew all the way from Ruidoso, New Mexico for the show.

Join Ruta on Facebook. At first, she was adamantly opposed to having her own FB page, but her mind is starting to change after connecting with so many people in her life, including fans from all over the world. One person posted the below photo of a Cadillac that Ruta once owned in the 70s, taken last year at Milda's Corner Market in Michigan.