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Ruth Hiatt

From Wikipedia Ruth Hiatt (January 6, 1906 – April 21, 1994) was an actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. She is best known for performing in 1920s comedies directed by Jack White, Norman Taurog, and Mack Sennett. As teenager she was discovered by comedian Lloyd Hamilton. She became his leading lady at United Artists studios in 1922. Hiatt was a former classic dancer who was Hamilton's successor to Irene Dalton. Their first work together is the short comedy The Speeder (1922). It is a production of the Hamilton Comedy Film Company. In Smith's Baby (1925) Hiatt is the female lead with Raymond McKee. Sennett cast Hiatt and McKee with Our Gang child star Mary Ann Jackson in 1927. The short comedies continued the Jimmy Smith series with titles like Smith's Pony (1927), Smith's Cook (1927), Smith's Cousin (1927), and Smith's Modiste Shop (1927). The movies were produced by Pathe Pictures. Jackson and McKee teamed with Hiatt and Hoot Gibson in The Flying Cowboy (1928). She appeared in the second chapter of the Ken Maynard Sunset Trail (1932). Hiatt's film career endured through 1941. Some of her later appearances were in the Three Stooges comedy Men In Black, the Our Gang entry Beginner's Luck, Just Speeding (1936) and Double Trouble (1941). In August 1922, Hiatt modeled for Beckman Furs of West 7th Street in Los Angeles, California. She won first prize for beauty at the annual Venice Beach bathing beauties parade in August 1923. She wore a costume of black and white checkered silk, with hat and slippers that matched. The Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers (WAMPAS) selected Hiatt among its thirteen baby star actresses for 1924. Blanche Mahaffey, Carmelita Geraghty, and Clara Bow were also chosen. Hiatt was blonde but one reporter covering the WAMPAS banquet in San Francisco, in December 1923, wrote that she was brunette. Ruth Hiatt died in Montrose, California in 1994 of congestive heart failure.


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Born:
Jan 6, 1906 In Cripple Creek - Colorado - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the movie This Way Out 1923-05-27
Latest Project:
Movie Double Trouble 1941-11-21
Known For
Poster of Smith's Landlord
Poster of Fast and Furious
Poster of Family Life
Poster of This Way Out
Filmography
Movie Double Trouble Blonde Assembly Line Worker 1941-11-21
Movie The Broken Coin Gail Bowman 1936-01-10
Movie The Drunkard Secretary 1935-04-03
Movie Beginner's Luck Daisy's Mother 1935-02-23
Movie Little Papa Spanky's Mother 1935-09-21
Movie The Sunset Trail Molly Mason 1932-02-07
Movie Love Pains Shirley Jean's Mother (uncredited) 1932-02-13
Movie Honeymoon Beach Blondie 1932-10-22
Movie The Big Flash Betty, Hinkle's Secretary 1932-11-05
Movie Night Work Violet Harris 1930-08-03
Movie Fifty Million Husbands Pansy Chase 1930-05-23
Movie Her Man Dance Hall Girl 1930-09-21
Movie The Rodeo Mabel Smith 1929-03-24
Movie The New Aunt Mabel Smith 1929-05-11
Movie The Voice of Hollywood No. 1 1929-12-01
Movie Smith's Army Life Mabel Smith 1928-02-06
Movie Smith's Restaurant Mabel Smith 1928-08-19
Movie The Chinatown Mystery Sally Warren, Chemist 1928-09-01
Movie The Burglar Mabel Smith 1928-09-12
Movie The Bargain Hunt Mabel Smith 1928-10-14
Movie His First Flame Mary Morgan 1927-05-02
Movie Smith's New Home Mabel Smith 1927-03-06
Movie Smith's Customer Mabel Smith 1927-02-06
Movie Smith's Fishing Trip Mabel Smith 1927-05-29
Movie Smith's Cook Mabel Smith 1927-10-16
Movie Smith's Candy Shop Mabel Smith 1927-08-21
Movie Smith's Pony Mabel Smith 1927-09-17
Movie Life in Hollywood No. 2 Herself (as Ruth Hyatt) 1927-08-25
Movie Smith's Baby Mabel Smith 1926-07-25
Movie Saturday Afternoon Pearl 1926-01-31
Movie Smith's Landlord Mabel Smith 1926-09-19
Movie Wandering Willies Ruth 1926-03-28
Movie Smith's Picnic Mabel Smith 1926-12-12
Movie Smith's Uncle Mabel Smith 1926-11-14
Movie Love's Last Laugh Ruth Mason 1926-10-03
Movie Rock Bottom Foreman's helper's sweetie 1925-05-09
Movie Isn't Love Cuckoo? Bebe Lodge 1925-11-22
Movie Family Life Ruth Duff 1924-03-29
Movie Fast and Furious The Boss's Daughter 1924-10-11
Movie Motor Mad 1924-12-21
Movie This Way Out The Girl 1923-05-27
Movie Oh! Shoot 1923-07-30