Ruth Hiatt
Born 1906 (age 88) · Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Appears in 51 titles

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.

Filmography

Long Pants
5.8
Long Pants
1927
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Saturday Afternoon
5.8
Saturday Afternoon
1926
as Pearl
Night Work
6.3
Night Work
1930
as Violet Harris
Fast and Furious
4.7
Fast and Furious
1924
as The Boss's Daughter
Beginner's Luck
6.8
Beginner's Luck
1935
as Daisy's Mother
His First Flame
6.0
His First Flame
1927
as Mary Morgan
Little Papa
6.5
Little Papa
1935
as Spanky's Mother
Fifty Million Husbands
5.6
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
as Pansy Chase
The Big Flash
5.7
The Big Flash
1932
as Betty, Hinkle's Secretary
The Missing Link
4.5
The Missing Link
1927
as Beatrice Braden
Family Life
7.5
Family Life
1924
as Ruth Duff
The Sunset Trail
8.5
The Sunset Trail
1932
as Molly Mason
The Burglar
5.0
The Burglar
1928
as Mabel Smith
Smith's Baby
4.5
Smith's Baby
1926
as Mabel Smith
Smith's Restaurant
7.0
Smith's Restaurant
1928
as Mabel Smith
Wandering Willies
9.0
Wandering Willies
1926
as Ruth
7.0
Love's Last Laugh
1926
as Ruth Mason
9.0
The Broken Coin
1936
as Gail Bowman
The Chinatown Mystery
9.0
The Chinatown Mystery
1928
as Sally Warren, Chemist
Shanghai Rose
10.0
Shanghai Rose
1929
as Diane Avery