About

Known credits:
50
Birthday:
1906-01-06
Place of birth:
Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
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Ruth Hiatt

Overview

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

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1941 Double Trouble Actor Blonde Assembly Line Worker N/A
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1936 The Broken Coin Actor Gail Bowman N/A
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1935 Little Papa Actor Spanky's Mother 59
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1935 The Drunkard Actor Secretary N/A
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1935 Beginner's Luck Actor Daisy's Mother 59
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1934 Wedding Belles Actor N/A
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1934 Ridin' Thru Actor Dolores Brooks N/A
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1932 The Big Flash Actor Betty, Hinkle's Secretary 58
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1932 Honeymoon Beach Actor Blondie N/A
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1932 Love Pains Actor Shirley Jean's Mother (uncredited) N/A
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1932 The Sunset Trail Actor Molly Mason 59
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1931 Taxi Troubles Actor Mrs. Malone N/A
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1930 Won by a Neck Actor N/A
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1930 Night Work Actor Violet Harris 59
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1930 Fifty Million Husbands Actor Pansy Chase 59
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1930 Good Morning Sheriff Actor The mayor's daughter N/A
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1929 Grass Skirts Actor N/A
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1929 The Voice of Hollywood No. 1 Actor N/A
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1929 The New Aunt Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1929 The Rodeo Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1929 Shanghai Rose Actor Diane Avery N/A
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1928 The Bargain Hunt Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1928 The Burglar Actor Mabel Smith 59
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1928 The Chinatown Mystery Actor Sally Warren, Chemist N/A
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1928 Smith's Restaurant Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1928 Smith's Army Life Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1927 Smith's Cook Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1927 Smith's Pony Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1927 Life in Hollywood No. 2 Actor Herself (as Ruth Hyatt) N/A
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1927 Smith's Candy Shop Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1927 Smith's Fishing Trip Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1927 The Missing Link Actor Beatrice Braden 58
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1927 His First Flame Actor Mary Morgan 58
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1927 Smith's New Home Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1927 Smith's Customer Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1926 Smith's Picnic Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1926 Smith's Uncle Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1926 Love's Last Laugh Actor Ruth Mason N/A
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1926 Smith's Landlord Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1926 Smith's Baby Actor Mabel Smith N/A
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1926 Wandering Willies Actor Ruth N/A
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1926 Saturday Afternoon Actor Pearl 58
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1925 Isn't Love Cuckoo? Actor Bebe Lodge N/A
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1925 Rock Bottom Actor Foreman's helper's sweetie N/A
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1924 Motor Mad Actor N/A
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1924 Fast and Furious Actor The Boss's Daughter 59
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1924 Family Life Actor Ruth Duff 58
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1923 Oh! Shoot Actor N/A
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1923 This Way Out Actor The Girl N/A
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1922 The Speeder Actor N/A
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