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The real-life story of Britain's Ruth Ellis is undeniably devastating and tragic. On Easter Sunday in 1955, she murdered her lover, racecar driver David Blakely, by shooting him in the back in the middle of the street. Less than three months later, Ellis, who was only 28 years
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ITV announced it was commissioning a series on Ruth Ellis in mid-July 2023. The last woman to be executed by hanging in Britain, the real-life Ellis was a model and escort who rose to nightclub manager. Her popularity in the U.K. social scene peaked in the mid-1950s until her
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The life and death of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed by hanging in Britain, will be the subject of ITV’s latest miniseries. Starring Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) as the titular Ellis, the four-part series, simply titled Ruth, is a period drama set in 1955. The real-life