Ruth Maleczech

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Ruth Maleczech (born January 8, 1939) is an American avant-garde stage actress, whose most notable role may have been as King Lear, portrayed as an imperious Southern matriarch (1990).

Maleczech met her artistic partner, Lee Breuer, at UCLA in the late 1950s, where she arrived via via Cleveland, Ohio (where she was born to Yugoslavian immigrants) and Phoenix, Arizona (where her steelworker father moved for his health).

Born as Ruth Sophia Reinprecht, her first encounter with theater was as a witch in a class play at the age of eight, and performed in Blithe Spirit and The Taming of the Shrew in high school.