1906-01-06 ( 119 years old ) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
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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.
Movies
Double Trouble
1941-11-21
The Broken Coin
1936-01-10
Little Papa
1935-09-21
The Drunkard
1935-04-03
Beginner's Luck
1935-02-23
Wedding Belles
1934-06-24
Ridin' Thru
1934-03-15
The Big Flash
1932-11-05
Honeymoon Beach
1932-10-22
Love Pains
1932-02-13
The Sunset Trail
1932-02-07
Taxi Troubles
1931-10-18
Won by a Neck
1930-10-05
Night Work
1930-08-03
Fifty Million Husbands
1930-05-23
Good Morning Sheriff
1930-05-18
Grass Skirts
1929-12-22
The Voice of Hollywood No. 1
1929-12-01
The New Aunt
1929-05-11
The Rodeo
1929-03-24
Shanghai Rose
1929-01-01
The Bargain Hunt
1928-10-14
The Burglar
1928-09-12
The Chinatown Mystery
1928-09-01
Smith's Restaurant
1928-08-19
Smith's Army Life
1928-02-06
Smith's Cook
1927-10-16
Smith's Pony
1927-09-17
Life in Hollywood No. 2
1927-08-25
Smith's Candy Shop
1927-08-21
Smith's Fishing Trip
1927-05-29
The Missing Link
1927-05-06
His First Flame
1927-05-02
Smith's New Home
1927-03-06
Smith's Customer
1927-02-06
Smith's Picnic
1926-12-12
Smith's Uncle
1926-11-14
Love's Last Laugh
1926-10-03
Smith's Landlord
1926-09-19
Smith's Baby
1926-07-25
Wandering Willies
1926-03-28
Saturday Afternoon
1926-01-31
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
1925-11-22
Rock Bottom
1925-05-09
Motor Mad
1924-12-21
Fast and Furious
1924-10-11
Family Life
1924-03-29
Oh! Shoot
1923-07-30
This Way Out
1923-05-27
The Speeder
1922-09-24
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