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The Rug Scene

posted 10 years ago by ravan729
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does anyone know if there is a clip of the old lady dancing on the rug on youtube?

I wish! That was one for the record books! Any idea who the actress was?

That was Jan Clayton. There is a very similar scene in I Never Promised You A Rose Garden where Susan Tyrell as Lee tried to cheer people up at Christmas with a rollicking number called "Singing the Greens" (instead of the blues). Tyrell wrote this herself.

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[–] Clemencedane 10 years ago

Thanks, I'll have to check that out!

[–] janiegun619 10 years ago

That scene was very inspirational for the "hopeless".

[–] on3gin 10 years ago

I thought the funniest part of the rug scene was when the nurse took off her shoes before
going onto the rug to calm the dancing woman.

[–] dkreppucci 9 years ago

The same Jan Clayton in Lassie? Jeff's mom?

[–] JackBluegrass 9 years ago

IMDb says Jan Clayton did both The Snake Pit and TV's Lassie. Very versatile actress!

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[–] prplayer 8 years ago

kinda reminded me of the movie Bronson with Tom Hardy

so many movies, so little time

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