1906-01-06 Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
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. 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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Double Trouble | Blonde Assembly Line Worker | 1941-11-21 |
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The Broken Coin | Gail Bowman | 1936-01-10 |
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Little Papa | Spanky's Mother | 1935-09-21 |
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Beginner's Luck | Daisy's Mother | 1935-02-23 |
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The Drunkard | Secretary | 1935-04-03 |
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Wedding Belles | 1934-06-24 | |
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Ridin' Thru | Dolores Brooks | 1934-03-15 |
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Love Pains | Shirley Jean's Mother (uncredited) | 1932-02-13 |
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The Sunset Trail | Molly Mason | 1932-02-07 |
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Honeymoon Beach | Blondie | 1932-10-22 |
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The Big Flash | Betty, Hinkle's Secretary | 1932-11-05 |
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Taxi Troubles | Mrs. Malone | 1931-10-18 |
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Good Morning Sheriff | The mayor's daughter | 1930-05-18 |
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Fifty Million Husbands | Pansy Chase | 1930-05-23 |
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Won by a Neck | 1930-10-05 | |
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Night Work | Violet Harris | 1930-08-03 |
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The Rodeo | Mabel Smith | 1929-03-24 |
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The New Aunt | Mabel Smith | 1929-05-11 |
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Shanghai Rose | Diane Avery | 1929-01-01 |
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Grass Skirts | 1929-12-22 | |
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 1 | 1929-12-01 | |
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Smith's Army Life | Mabel Smith | 1928-02-06 |
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Smith's Restaurant | Mabel Smith | 1928-08-19 |
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The Bargain Hunt | Mabel Smith | 1928-10-14 |
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The Burglar | Mabel Smith | 1928-09-12 |
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The Chinatown Mystery | Sally Warren, Chemist | 1928-09-01 |
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Smith's Customer | Mabel Smith | 1927-02-06 |
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His First Flame | Mary Morgan | 1927-05-02 |
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Smith's Candy Shop | Mabel Smith | 1927-08-21 |
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Smith's New Home | Mabel Smith | 1927-03-06 |
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The Missing Link | Beatrice Braden | 1927-05-06 |
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Life in Hollywood No. 2 | Herself (as Ruth Hyatt) | 1927-08-25 |
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Smith's Cook | Mabel Smith | 1927-10-16 |
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Smith's Fishing Trip | Mabel Smith | 1927-05-29 |
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Smith's Pony | Mabel Smith | 1927-09-17 |
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Smith's Baby | Mabel Smith | 1926-07-25 |
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Smith's Landlord | Mabel Smith | 1926-09-19 |
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Smith's Uncle | Mabel Smith | 1926-11-14 |
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Love's Last Laugh | Ruth Mason | 1926-10-03 |
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Saturday Afternoon | Pearl | 1926-01-31 |
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Wandering Willies | Ruth | 1926-03-28 |
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Smith's Picnic | Mabel Smith | 1926-12-12 |
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Rock Bottom | Foreman's helper's sweetie | 1925-05-09 |
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Isn't Love Cuckoo? | Bebe Lodge | 1925-11-22 |
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Motor Mad | 1924-12-21 | |
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Fast and Furious | The Boss's Daughter | 1924-10-11 |
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Family Life | Ruth Duff | 1924-03-29 |
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This Way Out | The Girl | 1923-05-27 |
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Oh! Shoot | 1923-07-30 | |
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The Speeder | 1922-09-24 |
