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- Birth nameRita Eleanore MacKay
- Rita Gam was born on April 2, 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for The Thief (1952), King of Kings (1961) and Klute (1971). She was married to Thomas Henry Guinzburg and Sidney Lumet. She died on March 22, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesThomas Henry Guinzburg(March 23, 1956 - February 27, 1963) (divorced, 2 children)Sidney Lumet(1949 - August 15, 1955) (divorced)
- Was a bridesmaid at Grace Kelly's wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco.
- Best known for her interviews (she has given hundreds) about Grace Kelly.
- In Garden of Death (1974), at the costume party, Rita Gam went as the character she portrayed in King of Kings (1961).
- Her mother, Belle (Fately), was a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and her father, Milton A. MacKay, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, to Romanian Jewish parents. Her father died in 1931. Her mother subsequently remarried, and Rita took the surname of her stepfather, Benjamin J. Gam, who was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
- Was briefly suspended from working in October 1953 for turning down the feminine lead in the the Martin-Lewis comedy "Living It Up".
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