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PAGE 27 run TELEVISION Ayn Ruymen Heroine Of the Sore Throat Set Hy Juntos linn limuu JEANHOUISTWNTKJNANT 10 (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) Today 1:15,3:15,5:15,7:15,9:15 w.aw mmM w.iitmmniMirrii.mni nil ''AN HAfsn r.i.U tit A I ill iNt, 7 "BITCTHE ST7LLET ASCKCEN ESTEBXilWOT AS ATOTC COULD UK large estate that included a mansion and endless acres of property, a hideaway originally created for John Barrymore. What is remarkable is that down a private, winding road looms the Hollywood Freeway, and, off in the distance, the Black Box; as the executive offices of Universal Studios are referred to here, towers above. complicated than she had imagined. In order to work in a Broadway show it is necessary to join Actors Equity, the theatre players' union. One of the requirements of the powerful union is that all members must work two seasons in summer and winter stock theatre.

Ayn did so by participating in several New Jersey theater GENE HACKMAN CANDICE BERGEN JAMES COBURN I BITE THE BULLETI IAN JAN-MICHAEL v- BANNEN VINCENT BEN JOHNSON MuKfayALEXMWm us: 11 Alt Nl l'U RICHARD BROOKS I IHth Aij M'HJ WttM I it ft 111 f-rf tl lfflfl I Today 2:15, 7:15 No Bargain Mnt. this EngaciBment A COLUMBIA PICTURES RASTAR PRESENTATION lUftDRA Jt ViWliSpilililSt'" fj wilSillllil? fvi JAMES AYN RUYMEN MAKE James Brachman is a freelance writer living in Newport Beach who occasionally reports on the television scene. Hollywood THE OLD CABIN lies isolated on the outskirts of a small, fictional. New England town. The husband is -in the yard, chopping wood for kindling.

His dog is by his side, barking and biting at the raging blizzard. The wife inside the cabin, watching the snow fall and whiten everything in its path. She opens the door and calls, telling the husband to get inside before he catches cold. Not being acutely intelligent, he lingers, and finally comes in with a cough and scratchy throat. She is ready for him, and reaches for some medicine.

"As long as there are husbands in winter," she sighs, face bright and eyes bleaming. "As long as there are husbands in winter," -she repeats. The commercial, for a popular sore throat losenge, is one we have seen many times. And though we tend lo regard television com-tnercials as offensive and tasteless, the continuous exposure they provide can prove vital in getting a young acting career off the ground. The case in point is actress Ayn Ruymen, who portrays the wife in this sore throat melodrama.

She has since landed guest roles in such series as "The Streets of Sen Francisco," 'Police Story" and most recently "Baretta," the latter in which she was cast as a broken-down heroine addict. It was an important part and has won Ayn a fair amount of attention. She has already received a number of offers for next season. Ruymen, a dark haired, slender beauty, is standing in front of her bungalow cottage, smiling. She wears an embroidered blouse and a pair of corduroy levis, and is barefoot.

The surrounding area is rustic and homey, with many species of plant life, also guava, nectarine and peach trees growing wild. Ayn's home, seemingly one hundred miles from is actually a guest house, one part of a Dotebook, Sunday July 20, 1975 fufjiw um THE BEST MUSICAL LOVE STORY EVER A P-BVista Feature I'li EXCI. VSI VE SA Hi A NCISCO O' I OI-MI: XT (I,) Vllld IN JltKtUKMONIl. iUUnU lis; Today 2:00, 4:30, 7.00 8. MO PK9t.S Off A WO A IN MAIINkt I- OH TMIU NO AL II Ml.

NT Would you want your daughter to marry these men? 4 groups, and soon after joined Equity. She worked on Broadway for the next six years, most noticeably in Neil Simon's "The Gingerbread Lady," with Maureen Sta-pleton. The work was only sporadic however, and she had to take various waitress jobs to support herself. In September of 1971 she visited Hollywood for the first time, more as a vacation than as a business trip, then decided to give the West Coast entertainment capital a try. "I really didn't like California at first," Ayn explains.

"I found the Sunset Strip disgusting. I was trying to get work and nothing happened for six months. It makes you want to pull your hair out." Something did happen when she read for a small role in "Medical Center," and after that came other parts, including the commercial. For Ayn there are no husbands in winter, just boyfriends in summer. She lives with actor Tim Mathe-son, who has appeared on "Bonanza" as well as several "Movies of the Week." "I love it," says Ayn of her habitat.

"You can really relax and get away from everything." Once inside Ayn walks quickly to the kitchen and makes a pot of soup, which she shares from the same bowl with her guest. "I've been getting some good parts and I hope to get more," she says, in between mouthfuls. She tilts back her head and laughs. "I'm not talking about the soup." Ayn says she's not concerned about the possibility of becoming a star. "I just want to be good," she explains.

"I want to work on 'class' projects projects that say something, projects without restrictions." Ayn Ruymen (the "Ayn" is for Ayn Rand, whom she greatly admires) was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 18, 1947, one of six children. She grew up in Long Island, where she attended public schools until she was 17. At age 18, Ayn had made a firm decision to become an actress, and performed in such musicals as "Auntie Mame" and "0-klahoma!" She soon learned, however, that doing so was much more IVm A I A i4r Ifeircn rzcliolion Beattty ColunNbi'O rVtur pfSC(Mat i3A PoOM ti IKw, ViVii i4 iipprfl Exclusive San Francisco engagfrmenf Today.