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Ruth Wood

Overview

  • Born
    January 18, 1909 · Oakland, California, USA
  • Died
    February 4, 2006 · Carmel Valley, California, USA
  • Birth name
    Margret Ruth Runner

Mini bio

  • Ruth Wood was born on January 18, 1909 in Oakland, California, USA. She was married to John Belden Wood and Clinton Eastwood. She died on February 4, 2006 in Carmel Valley, California, USA.

Family

  • Spouses
      John Belden Wood(October 29, 1972 - February 18, 2004) (his death)
      Clinton Eastwood(June 5, 1927 - July 21, 1970) (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Clint Eastwood
  • Relatives
      Lowell Murray(Great Grandchild)
      Kimber Eastwood(Grandchild)
      Laurie Murray(Grandchild)
      Scott Eastwood(Grandchild)

Trivia

  • Sondra Locke said that during the 14 years she lived with Ruth's son Clint Eastwood, she never observed the two of them really "talking" and wondered why, when Ruth visited overnight, she often brought her own bedsheets.
  • Mother of Clint Eastwood and Jeanne Bernhardt.
  • Had at least 10 grandchildren, two from Jeanne and at least eight from Clint. Most of Clint's children were not acknowledged publicly during Ruth's lifetime, however.
  • She was a daughter of Virginia May McClanahan and Waldo Errol Runner. Her father was from Colorado. Her mother was from Missouri.
  • Passed away 40 days after Roxanne Tunis' mother Theresa. Theresa and Ruth were the grandmothers of Kimber Eastwood.

Quotes

  • [on The Bridges of Madison County (1995)] Every woman either had an affair like that or wished she'd had an affair like that.

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