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