
Ruth Hiatt
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-01-06
Day of Death
1994-04-21 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Ruth Hiatt
Biography
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.
Acting
(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)
Ridin' Thru
as Dolores Brooks
(1934)
(1932)
Honeymoon Beach
as Blondie
(1932)
The Big Flash
as Betty, Hinkle's Secretary
(1932)
The Sunset Trail
as Molly Mason
(1932)
Love Pains
as Shirley Jean's Mother (uncredited)
(1931)
Taxi Troubles
as Mrs. Malone
(1930)
Night Work
as Violet Harris
(1930)
Fifty Million Husbands
as Pansy Chase
(1930)
(1930)
Good Morning Sheriff
as The mayor's daughter
(1929)
The Rodeo
as Mabel Smith
(1929)
Shanghai Rose
as Diane Avery
(1929)
The New Aunt
as Mabel Smith
(1929)
(1929)
(1928)
Smith's Restaurant
as Mabel Smith
(1928)
The Chinatown Mystery
as Sally Warren, Chemist
(1928)
The Bargain Hunt
as Mabel Smith
(1928)
The Burglar
as Mabel Smith
(1928)
Smith's Army Life
as Mabel Smith
(1927)
Smith's New Home
as Mabel Smith
(1927)
His First Flame
as Mary Morgan
(1927)
The Missing Link
as Beatrice Braden
(1927)
Smith's Customer
as Mabel Smith
(1927)
Smith's Pony
as Mabel Smith
(1927)
Smith's Cook
as Mabel Smith
(1927)
Life in Hollywood No. 2
as Herself (as Ruth Hyatt)
(1927)
Smith's Fishing Trip
as Mabel Smith
(1927)
Smith's Candy Shop
as Mabel Smith
(1926)
Saturday Afternoon
as Pearl
(1926)
Wandering Willies
as Ruth
(1926)
Smith's Uncle
as Mabel Smith
(1926)
Love's Last Laugh
as Ruth Mason
(1926)
Smith's Picnic
as Mabel Smith
(1926)
Smith's Landlord
as Mabel Smith
(1926)
Smith's Baby
as Mabel Smith
(1925)
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
as Bebe Lodge
(1925)
Rock Bottom
as Foreman's helper's sweetie
(1924)
Fast and Furious
as The Boss's Daughter
(1924)
(1924)
Family Life
as Ruth Duff
(1923)
This Way Out
as The Girl
(1923)
(1922)