Summary Documentary on Ruth Ellis, a Welsh-born model and actress, who was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom. She went to the gallows of London's Holloway prison on July 13, 1955, for the gunshot murder of her lover, David Blakely, on Easter Sunday, April 10, of that same year. She was 28 at the time and was hanged, despite a 50,000-signature petition from the British public for leniency. View more details
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : John Light Kirsty Wark Fiona Ormiston Peter Forbes
Genres : Crime Biography Documentary
Release date : Nov 27, 1999
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Summary Documentary on Ruth Ellis, a Welsh-born model and actress, who was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom. She went to the gallows of London's Holloway prison on July 13, 1955, for the gunshot murder of her lover, David Blakely, on Easter Sunday, April 10, of that same year. She was 28 at the time and was hanged, despite a 50,000-signature petition from the British public for leniency. View more details
Genres : Crime Biography Documentary
Release date : Nov 27, 1999
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
