After a screening of the new documentary Ask Dr. Ruth at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, the 4’7” sex therapist herself emerged. To a packed theater, she told the audience in her heavily German-accented cackle, “I started the trend of being known by the first name—Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, Dr. Laura …” She paused, not wanting to interfere with the inevitable laughter.
Turning 91 in June, the pint-sized dynamo is having another big moment. At the screening, where she was joined by Ryan White, the director of her documentary, and their interviewer, Columbia University film professor Annette Insdorf, Dr. Ruth smiled broadly at the audience, clearly enjoying her time in the spotlight.
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