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Sobotka was the second wife of film director Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999). The couple met in 1952; they married on January 15, 1955 and divorced in 1957. An earlier marriage to Donald Boose was annulled. On June 17, 1967, Sobotka died at the Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital (now the New York Medical College) after a brief illness, aged 41.
Ruth Sobotka met Stanley Kubrick in late 1952, during the production of FEAR AND DESIRE. He moved into her apartment in east Greenwich Village shortly after, and became good friends with her colleague, former roommate, and friend David Vaughan. Kubrick and Sobotka were married on January 15, 1955, in Albany, New York.
Aug 22, 2020 · While researching my Yale Jewish Lives volume about Kubrick, I found many gems in the archive. One day, I struck pay dirt: script outlines from the mid-1950s centering on his turbulent second marriage to the ballet dancer and designer Ruth Sobotka. I knew already that Kubrick had been heavily influenced by Sobotka.
- David Mikics
Sobotka, Ruth (1925–1967) Vienna-born ballet dancer and costume designer. Name variations: Ruth Sobotka Kubrick; Born Aug 4, 1925 in Vienna, Austria; died June 18, 1967, in New York, NY; trained at Carnegie Institute of Technology and School of American Ballet; m. Stanley Kubrick (film director), 1954 (div. 1957). Joined Ballet Society (1947 ...
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1985) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his long career, spanning some forty years, he created roles in major works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and others. He was also a choreographer himself and a talented amateur painter. Like.
Ruth Sobotka. Actress: Killer's Kiss. Ruth Sobotka was born on 4 August 1925 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress and art director, known for Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956).
Ruth A. Sobotka was an Austrian-born American dancer, costume designer, art director, painter, and actress. Background The daughter of prominent Austrian architect and interior designer, Walter Sobotka (1888–1972) and Viennese actress, Gisela Schönau, Ruth Sobotka immigrated to the United States from Vienna with her parents in 1938.
