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Actor · 1902 to 1969

Thelma Ritter

Best rated (acting): Rear Window (8.3)

Acting films
30
Acting avg
7.01
Peak run
1950’54
Oscar noms
6
CompareBacon number
Acting films, by TMDB rating

The career

Thelma Ritter, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1950 to 1954, 7.406781950195519601965Rear Window 8.3The Misfits 7.0Career avg 7.01

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Thelma Ritter's career barcodecoolhot
194730 films1968
Current formLast 5: 6.74 vs career 7.01 (−0.27)
  1. WHow the West Was Won1962 · 7.00.0
  2. LA New Kind of Love1963 · 6.2−0.8
  3. LMove Over, Darling1963 · 6.7−0.3
  4. LBoeing, Boeing1965 · 6.4−0.6
  5. WThe Incident1967 · 7.4+0.4
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

Thelma by the numbers

Average
7.01
18 rated films
Vote weighted
7.12
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.60
rating spread
Career
22y
1947 to 1968
Total votes
13.2K
across every film
Best
8.3
Rear Window
Worst
7.0
The Misfits
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good? posterWhat's So Bad About Feeling Good?Mrs. Schwartz·9
1967The Incident posterThe IncidentBertha Beckerman7.489
1965Boeing, Boeing posterBoeing, BoeingBertha6.4102
1963Move Over, Darling posterMove Over, DarlingGrace Arden6.7104
1963A New Kind of Love posterA New Kind of LoveLena O'Connor6.237
1963For Love or MoneyChloe Brasher·8
1962How the West Was Won posterHow the West Was WonAgatha Clegg7.0518
1962Birdman of Alcatraz posterBirdman of AlcatrazElizabeth Stroud7.5362
1961The Second Time Around posterThe Second Time AroundAggie Gates·13
1961The Misfits posterThe MisfitsIsabelle Steers7.0456
1959Pillow Talk posterPillow TalkAlma7.1335
1959A Hole in the Head posterA Hole in the HeadSophie Manetta6.253
1956The Proud and Profane posterThe Proud and ProfaneKate Connors·13
1955Lucy Gallant posterLucy GallantMolly Basserman·7
1955Daddy Long Legs posterDaddy Long LegsAlicia Pritchard6.497
1954Rear Window posterRear WindowStella8.37,414
1953Pickup on South Street posterPickup on South StreetMoe Williams7.4335
1953Titanic posterTitanicMaude Young6.6160
1952With a Song in My Heart posterWith a Song in My HeartClancy·17
1951The Model and the Marriage BrokerMae Swasey·18
Better together?

Thelma Ritter's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Michael Gordon and Thelma Ritter movies · Jean Negulesco and Thelma Ritter movies

Takes

On Thelma Ritter

6 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1963
    Thelma Ritter
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1960
    Thelma Ritter
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1954
    Thelma Ritter
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1953
    Thelma Ritter
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1952
    Thelma Ritter
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1951
    Thelma Ritter
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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