Orson Welles' Mercury Theater players Ruth Warwick and Ray Collins. Lady Esther sponsor on CBS January 19, 1942. Ruth Elizabeth Warrick (June 29, 1916 – January 15, 2005) was an American singer, actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on All My Children. Ray Collins was best known as Lt Tragg on TV's Perry Mason.