- Met Agnes Moorehead at the Mercy Theater, and they became friends until her death on April 30, 1974.
- Became close friends with her All My Children (1970) co-star Louis Edmonds who played husband Langley Wallingford, to the point where he confided to her the real-life secret that he was gay.
- She was the second to last actor appearing in Citizen Kane (1941) who remained alive. The actor Sonny Bupp who played Warrick's young son, Kane III, outlived her by another two years and was the final remaining living cast member from Warrick's death in 2005 until his death in 2007.
- When Warrick auditioned for the role in Citizen Kane (1941), she read with Welles. She said that because she was so new to the acting business, she was not aware that it was very rare to actually read with the star.
- The January 24, 2005, episode of All My Children (1970) was dedicated "In Loving Memory of Ruth Warrick". With Phoebe's passing, the show finally addressed her husband's Langley's death as Phoebe's last words were reportedly, "Langley is waiting for me." Phoebe's funeral was aired May 12, 2005. The episode featured many of Warrick's most notable performances as flashbacks and included the return of many of the characters who had been heavily involved in her story lines over the years.
- Best friends with former All My Children (1970) co-star, Susan Lucci, for 35 years. Lucci was her caregiver, during Warrick's last days.
- She was an enormous fan of The Beatles.
- Had a photographic memory.
- In 1937, she won a contest to serve as Kansas City's paid ambassador and ended up in New York presenting a live turkey to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at City Hall. She decided to stay in the big city and found work on radio and with the Mercury Theatre troupe headed by Orson Welles.
- In 1991, Warrick was honored with a caricature on the wall of the famous New York restaurant Sardi's in honor of the 50th anniversary of her performance in Citizen Kane (1941).
- Her acting mentor was the late Una Merkel.
- Ruth Warrick died on January 15, 2005. After Warrick's death, the day after the 2005 Academy Award ceremony, ex-All My Children (1970) co-star, Kelly Ripa, expressed her outrage on Live with Kelly and Mark (1988), that Warrick had not been included in this annual memorial tribute.
- Known for her tireless work to promote education, she was active in the League School in Walpole, Massachusetts for autistic children. She also taught in Operation Bootstrap, a Los Angeles program that provided teachers to poor neighborhoods, and was an active participant in Jimmy Carter's Cities in Schools program.
- Warrick fell and broke her hip in early 2001 while on vacation in Greece. The fall was incorporated into the screenplay All My Children (1970), and she continued to play her character Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on a limited basis from a wheelchair.
- In the 1980s, she admitted to have had a "torrid romance" with Anthony Quinn while making the film China Sky (1945).
- Was pregnant while doing Citizen Kane (1941).
- Her one-bedroom Park Avenue apartment was an explosion of greens and purples, dominated by a huge still life by artist/jeans queen Gloria Vanderbilt.
- She appeared very briefly on All My Children (1970) in early January 2005, shortly before her death, to commemorate the soap opera's 35th anniversary.
- As a young girl, Warrick had been spellbound at her church by the stories of returning foreign missionaries, and for some time she considered becoming one.
- When Warrick was asked to make any contributions, during World War II. She did everything including hospital tours, singing, a few camp shows, speaking and memorizing words to songs.
- Had idolized her optimistic, flamboyant father, but was never close to her stern, proper mother.
- Cousin of actress Mimi Kennedy.
- Was born and raised in the same city as Jane Wyman.
- The reason her mother named her Ruth was because her mother didn't want her to have any other nicknames.
- Before she was a successful actress, she once wrote a song for Greta Garbo.
- In July 2000, she refused to accept a lifetime achievement award from the South Carolina Arts Commission because she was offended by legislators' decision to move the Confederate flag from the state Capitol dome to another spot on the grounds in response to a boycott of the state by flag opponents. A life-long supporter of African-American rights, she felt the flag should be removed completely, and commented, "In my view, this was no compromise. It was a deliberate affront to the African-Americans who see it as a sign of oppression and hate.".
- She appeared in the Broadway musicals "Take Me Along" with Jackie Gleason (1959), and "Irene" with Debbie Reynolds (1973).
- Upon her death, her remains were interred at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City. After her death, her family put much of her estate in an auction.
- Survived by three children, a grandson and six great-grandchildren.
- Her favorite musical was The King and I (1956), from which came her favorite song, "Getting to Know You".
- When Warrick starred on both soap operas, Guiding Light (1952) and As the World Turns (1956), Procter and Gamble put her children through college.
- Met Orson Welles when she was doing CBS Radio, in 1938.
- Was one of the people to attend the 1939 New York's World Fair, in fact, she went to see the RCA exhibit.
- Lifelong friends with Agnes Nixon. Warrick met the unfamiliar writer on Guiding Light (1952), before Nixon hired her for Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on All My Children (1970).
- According to her ex-All My Children (1970) co-star, Susan Lucci, she said in an interview Warrick would frequently finish a day's work, fly to a charity event and then be back on the set the next day.
- She celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of Citizen Kane (1941) to a packed, standing-room-only audience, to which she spoke afterward [June 29, 1996].
- Her twice ex-husband, Carl Neubert, died in 1998, at age 90.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6689 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 6, 1960.
- When her father returned home, after World War I, at that time, he lost his job, her grandfather (on her father's side) at the time was working in the grain elevator business, who was also working with her father. This was one of the reasons why her family moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, just before Warrick was born.
- Attended a summer school to take a typing class, because Warrick didn't want to waste time where she wasn't learning something.
- By writing an essay in high school called "Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis", Warrick won a contest to be Miss Jubilesta, Missouri's paid ambassador to New York City.
- Friends with: Louis Edmonds, Frances Heflin, Eileen Herlie, Jane Wyman, Buddy Ebsen, Agnes Moorehead, Eve Arden, Joseph Cotten, Pat O'Brien, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Claude Akins, Irna Phillips, Dorothy Malone, Ed Nelson, Alice Faye, Charita Bauer, Jeanne Cooper, Helen Wagner, Rachel Ames, Frances Reid, Agnes Nixon, Ted Corday, Carol Burnett, Jimmy Carter, Jackie Gleason and Henry Fonda.
- She was a licensed teacher of the Unity School of Christianity.
- Resided in St. Joseph, Missouri, with her family, until she was 16. At that time, her family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, which is 55 miles South of St. Joseph.
- Met new soap star Helen Wagner, on the set of As the World Turns (1956). Warrick played Wagner's television sister, for four years, where the lifelong friendship began, for almost 50 years, until Warrick's passing on January 15, 2005.
- Began her career as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures in 1941.
- Warrick relocated to Santa Monica, California, from St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1925, aged 9 through 12 - in 1928 - when she moved back to St. Joseph, she would go to the matinée movies, on a Saturday.
- While having lunch with Rosemary Prinz, Warrick was amongst the first of the actresses to take on the lead role on All My Children (1970). She played that character for 35 years, until her death on January 15, 2005.
- Ruth Warrick's character, Phoebe Tyler Wallingford, ranked #22 on the All-Time list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States.
- Comedian Carol Burnett was said to be one of her fans, by watching All My Children (1970), and later co-starred opposite Warrick.
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