Ruby Gillis

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Ruby Gillis
Biographical information
Also known as	Arthur (while playing "Lancelot and Elaine")
Physical information
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Blonde
Eye colour	Blue
Skin colour	Fair
Family information
Family members	Mr. Gillis (father) Mrs. Gillis (mother) Susan Gillis (sister) 3 younger sisters
Family	Gillis family
Affiliation
Education	Avonlea school Queen's College
Clubs and societies	Avonlea Story Club
See also
Related pages	Gallery Notes
Portrayal in other universes	Books BBC Nippon Animation Sullivan Entertainment live-action Green Gables Fables Project Green Gables Breakthrough Entertainment

Ruby Gillis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gillis, the younger sister of Susan, a student of Avonlea school, and the friend of Anne Shirley, Diana Barry, Jane Andrews, Josie Pye and Tillie Boulter.

Physical appearance

Ruby is a very pretty young girl. She has long blonde hair, fair skin, freckles, and large blue eyes, and is petite in size. She usually wears pink ribbons in her hair and is decidedly feminine.

Personality

Ruby is very loyal to her friends. Like many of the girls at Avonlea school, excluding Diana, it took time for her to warm up to Anne. However, when the Gillis house burns down and Ruby is made to stay at Green Gables during repairs, the two became friends. Ruby is known to be sensitive and emotional and is often flustered around her longtime crush Gilbert Blythe. Throughout the series, she has become upset whenever another girl receives Gilbert's attention. However, in the third season, she starts to notice Moody Spurgeon and eventually admits that she is no longer in love with Gilbert.  

Relationships

Anne Shirley-Cuthbert

Ruby and Anne have a tenuous relationship at the start of the series. Ruby's dislike for Anne is due to her being an orphan, and then when Anne is noticed walking to school with Gilbert Blythe, Ruby's crush of three years. Anne and Ruby ultimately become friends after her house burns down and she is forced to stay with the Cuthberts until it is repaired. Afterward, Ruby warms up to Anne and they have a close friendship.

Gilbert Blythe

Gilbert is Ruby's long time crush. He, however, seems to only acknowledge her out of politeness. She is known to cry over him when he notices other girls instead of her.

Moody Spurgeon

Ruby gets a crush on Moody when she sees him play the banjo while the square dance practice is happening. Unlike Gilbert, he notices her as well.

Etymology

Ruby is a female given name of English origin and means red gemstone. It was very popular name in late 19th century. Gillis is a Scottish last name.

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

• Kyla Matthews portrays Ruby in the Canadian TV series Anne with an E (2017–2019).

Trivia

• In Season 1, Ruby is seen to have three younger sisters, unlike in the Books universe, where she has only older sisters. In "Struggling Against the Perception of Facts", it is revealed, that Ruby indeed has at least one older sister (named Susan) who was proposed to prior to Prissy Andrews' wedding.

Gallery

Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 109 images of Ruby Gillis (view gallery).

Appearances

Season 1 (Anne with an E)

• "But What Is So Headstrong as Youth?"
• "An Inward Treasure Born"
• "Tightly Knotted to a Similar String"
• "Remorse Is the Poison of Life"
• "Wherever You Are Is My Home"

Season 2 (Anne with an E)

• "Youth Is the Season of Hope"
• "Signs Are Small Measurable Things, But Interpretations Are Illimitable"
• "The Painful Eagerness of Unfed Hope"
• "The Determining Acts of Her Life"
• "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion"
• "Memory Has as Many Moods as the Temper"
• "Struggling Against the Perception of Facts"
• "What We Have Been Makes Us What We Are"
• "The Growing Good of the World"

Season 3 (Anne with an E)

• "A Secret Which I Desired to Divine"
• "What Can Stop the Determined Heart"
• "I Am Fearless and Therefore Powerful"
• "The Summit of My Desires"
• "A Strong Effort of the Spirit of Good"
• "Great and Sudden Change"
• "The Better Feeling of My Heart"