Peg Phillips
While you may not recognize her name, Phillips, who would have turned 93 Tuesday, played Ruth-Anne Miller on the television series "Northern Exposure." She was the quirky and lovable woman who ran the only grocery store in town. Phillips did not start acting until she was in her late 60s, but she played the role of Ruth-Anne for five years. Her character was supposed to be intermittent, but she was so well-liked that she became a permanent fixture on the show.
Phillips said she knew she wanted to act since she was 4 years old, but instead worked most of her life as a bookkeeper and accountant. This strong woman survived not only Pearl Harbor but a bout of polio, and also raised four children. In the 1980s she went back to school, enrolling in drama classes at the University of Washington in Seattle, and not long after she was cast on the successful series.
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