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- Birth nameAlice Elizabeth Ruyter
- Veteran character actress Alice Drummond was born May 21, 1928 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Sarah Irene (née Alker), a secretary, and Arthur Ruyter, an auto mechanic. She graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University) in 1950. She is best remembered as the frightened librarian at the beginning of Ghostbusters (1984), Ray Finkle's eccentric mother in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and Clara the quiet local in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anthony Ronald Vario
- SpousePaul Drummond(March 3, 1951 - 1975) (divorced)
- Appeared in three films with Philip Seymour Hoffman: Nobody's Fool (1994), Doubt (2008) and Synecdoche, New York (2008).
- Nominated for a 1970 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The Chinese and Dr. Fish".
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