Patsy Ruth Miller
Born: 1904-01-17 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 1995-07-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Patsy Ruth Miller (born Ruth Mae Miller; January 17, 1904 – July 16, 1995) was an American film actress. After being discovered by actress Alla Nazimova at a Hollywood party, Miller got her first break with a small role in Camille, which starred Rudolph Valentino. Her roles gradually improved, and she was chosen as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922. In 1923, she was acclaimed for her performance as Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame opposite Lon Chaney. In the later part of the decade Miller appeared chiefly in light romantic comedies, opposite such actors as Clive Brook and Edward Everett Horton. Among her film credits in the late 1920s are Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926), A Hero for a Night (1927), Hot Heels (1928), and The Aviator (1929). Miller retired from films in 1931. She made a cameo appearance in the 1951 film Quebec, and came out of retirement to do the film Mother in 1978. Miller later achieved recognition as a writer. She won three O. Henry Awards for her short stories, wrote a novel, radio scripts, and plays. In 1988, BearManor Media published her autobiography My Hollywood: When Both of Us Were Young.
Filmography
2000
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self
1995
- Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask as Self
1985
- That's Dancing! as From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
1951
- Quebec as Germaine
1931
- Night Beat as Eleanor Patterson
- Lonely Wives as Kitty 'Minty' Minter
- The Great Junction Hotel as The Bride
1930
- Wide Open as Julia Faulkner
- The Last of the Lone Wolf as Stephanie
1929
- Twin Beds as Elsie Dolan
- The Show of Shows as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
- The Aviator as Grace Douglas
- The Hottentot as Peggy Fairfax
- So Long Letty as Grace Miller
- The Fall of Eve as Eve Grant
- The Sap as Betty
- Whispering Winds
1928
- Beautiful But Dumb as Janet Brady
- Tropical Nights as Mary Hale
- The Tragedy of Youth as Paula Wayne
- We Americans as Beth Levine
- The Circus: Premiere as Self
- Marriage by Contract as Margaret
- Red Riders of Canada as Joan Duval
1927
- Hot Heels as Patsy Jones
- Wolf's Clothing as Minnie Humphrey
- A Hero for a Night as Mary Sloan
- South Sea Love as Charlotte Guest
- Once and Forever as Antoinette
- Painting the Town as Patsy Deveau
- The First Auto as Rose Robbins
- What Every Girl Should Know as Mary Sullivan
1926
- The White Black Sheep as Zelie
- So This Is Paris as Mme. Suzanne Giraud
- Private Izzy Murphy as Eileen Cohannigan
- Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Sadie
- The King of the Turf as Kate Fairfax
- Oh! What a Nurse! as June Harrison
- Why Girls Go Back Home as Marie Downey
- Broken Hearts of Hollywood as Betty Anne Bolton
- Hell-Bent for Heaven
- The Fighting Edge
1925
- Her Husband's Secret as Judy Brewster
- Hogan's Alley as Patsy Ryan
- Rose of the World as Rose Kirby
- The Girl on the Stairs as Dora Sinclair
- Red Hot Tires as Elizabeth Lowden
- Lorraine of the Lions as Lorraine
- Head Winds as Patricia Van Felt
1924
- Name the Man as Fenella Stanley
- The Breath of Scandal as Marjorie Hale
- Fools in the Dark as Ruth Rand
- Her Man as Molly Marley
- Singer Jim Mckee as Betty Gleason
- The Wise Virgin as 'Billie' Farrington
- A Self-Made Failure as Alice Neal
- The Yankee Consul as Margarita
- Daughters of Today as Lois Whittall
- The Breaking Point as Elizabeth Wheeler
- Those Who Judge as Angelique Dean
1923
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Esmeralda
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
- The Girl I Loved as Mary
1922
- Omar the Tentmaker as Little Shireen
- Trimmed as Alice Millard
- Handle with Care as Marian
- The Fighting Streak as Ann Withero
- The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 as Self
- Remembrance as Mab
- Watch Your Step as Margaret Andrews
- Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
- For Big Stakes as Dorothy Clark
1921
- Camille as Nichette
- One a Minute as Assembly Line Worker (uncredited)