Ronnie Gilbert
Birthday: Born in 1926-09-07 in New York, New York, USA
Deathday: 2015-06-06
Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (1926-2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress, and political activist. She was one of the original members of the music quartet The Weavers, along with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman.
TV Credits
The Civil War
Character: Various
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Character: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (voice)
The little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history....
Movie Credits
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Character: Herself
In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last time....
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Character: Self
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall....
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
Character: Narrator (voice)
A compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of Hopi land and life, a variety of Hopi — a farmer, a religious elder, a grandmother, a painter, a potter, and a weaver — speak about the preservation of the Hopi way. Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony with nature is a model to the Western world of an environmental ethic in action....
The Congress
Character: (voice)
For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have...
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Character: Self
A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father's steps and collects reminiscences from his father's family, friends and musical partners....
Running on Empty
Character: Mrs. Taylor
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms....
Crossing Delancey
Character: Mugger #2
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor....
Isadora
Character: Miss Chase
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time....