In the movie, Ruby (her last name has not been given), runs "Smilin' Jack's Fish Camp," which is a small-time bait shop and gator wrestling exhibition. Ruby is Walter's mother and Suzie's surrogate grandmother. In the movie, she got famous for always having a cigarette present during her scenes, and as well as for always answering the right questions before she even is asked.
Carrie Snodgress had a great acting career even before her role in Wild Things. She was nominated for an Oscar for her role as a housewife in "Diary of a Mad Housewife." Afterwards, she stayed busy in Hollywood with a lot of TV-based work, on shows such as The X Files, Murder She Wrote, In the Heat of the Night, ER, and Touched by an Angel. She died in 2004 at the age of 58, of heart and liver failure.