Ruth Hiatt
Born: 1906-01-06 in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Died: 1994-04-21
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1941
- Double Trouble as Blonde Assembly Line Worker
1936
- The Broken Coin as Gail Bowman
1935
- Little Papa as Spanky's Mother
- Beginner's Luck as Daisy's Mother (uncredited)
- The Drunkard as Secretary
1934
- Ridin' Thru as Dolores Brooks
- Wedding Belles
1932
- Love Pains as Shirley Jean's Mother (uncredited)
- The Big Flash as Betty, Hinkle's Secretary
- Honeymoon Beach as Blondie
- The Sunset Trail as Molly Mason
1931
- Taxi Troubles as Mrs. Malone
1930
- Fifty Million Husbands as Pansy Chase
- Night Work as Violet Harris
- Good Morning Sheriff as The mayor's daughter
- Won by a Neck
1929
- Shanghai Rose as Diane Avery
- The Rodeo as Mabel Smith
- Grass Skirts
- The New Aunt as Mabel Smith
- The Voice of Hollywood No. 1
1928
- The Burglar as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Restaurant as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Army Life as Mabel Smith
- The Chinatown Mystery as Sally Warren, Chemist
- The Bargain Hunt as Mabel Smith
1927
- Long Pants as Minor Role (uncredited)
- His First Flame as Mary Morgan
- The Missing Link as Beatrice Braden
- Smith's Pony as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Customer as Mabel Smith
- Smith's New Home as Mabel Smith
- Life in Hollywood No. 2 as Herself (as Ruth Hyatt)
- Smith's Cook as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Fishing Trip as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Candy Shop as Mabel Smith
1926
- Saturday Afternoon as Pearl
- Wandering Willies as Ruth
- Love's Last Laugh as Ruth Mason
- Smith's Picnic as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Uncle as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Baby as Mabel Smith
- Smith's Landlord as Mabel Smith
1925
- Rock Bottom as Foreman's helper's sweetie
- Isn't Love Cuckoo? as Bebe Lodge
1924
- Family Life as Ruth Duff
- Motor Mad
- Fast and Furious as The Boss's Daughter
1923
- Oh! Shoot
- This Way Out as The Girl