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
- Lonely Wives as Kitty 'Minty' Minter
- The Great Junction Hotel as The Bride
- Night Beat as Eleanor Patterson
1930
- The Last of the Lone Wolf as Stephanie
- Wide Open as Julia Faulkner
1929
- 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
- The Fall of Eve as Eve Grant
- So Long Letty as Grace Miller
- The Sap as Betty
- Whispering Winds
- Twin Beds as Elsie Dolan
1928
- The Circus: Premiere as Self
- We Americans as Beth Levine
- Tropical Nights as Mary Hale
- The Tragedy of Youth as Paula Wayne
- Beautiful But Dumb as Janet Brady
- Red Riders of Canada as Joan Duval
- Marriage by Contract as Margaret
1927
- The First Auto as Rose Robbins
- Once and Forever as Antoinette
- What Every Girl Should Know as Mary Sullivan
- Painting the Town as Patsy Deveau
- Wolf's Clothing as Minnie Humphrey
- Hot Heels as Patsy Jones
- A Hero for a Night as Mary Sloan
- South Sea Love as Charlotte Guest
1926
- So This Is Paris as Mme. Suzanne Giraud
- Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Sadie
- The King of the Turf as Kate Fairfax
- Private Izzy Murphy as Eileen Cohannigan
- Why Girls Go Back Home as Marie Downey
- Broken Hearts of Hollywood as Betty Anne Bolton
- Oh! What a Nurse! as June Harrison
- The White Black Sheep as Zelie
- Hell-Bent for Heaven
- The Fighting Edge
1925
- Red Hot Tires as Elizabeth Lowden
- Lorraine of the Lions as Lorraine
- Her Husband's Secret as Judy Brewster
- Hogan's Alley as Patsy Ryan
- Head Winds as Patricia Van Felt
- Rose of the World as Rose Kirby
- The Girl on the Stairs as Dora Sinclair
1924
- Daughters of Today as Lois Whittall
- A Self-Made Failure as Alice Neal
- Singer Jim Mckee as Betty Gleason
- Name the Man as Fenella Stanley
- The Breaking Point as Elizabeth Wheeler
- The Yankee Consul as Margarita
- The Breath of Scandal as Marjorie Hale
- The Wise Virgin as 'Billie' Farrington
- Those Who Judge as Angelique Dean
- Fools in the Dark as Ruth Rand
- Her Man as Molly Marley
1923
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Esmeralda
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
- The Girl I Loved as Mary
1922
- Trimmed as Alice Millard
- The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 as Self
- Omar the Tentmaker as Little Shireen
- Remembrance as Mab
- Watch Your Step as Margaret Andrews
- Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
- The Fighting Streak as Ann Withero
- Handle with Care as Marian
- For Big Stakes as Dorothy Clark
1921
- Camille as Nichette
- One a Minute as Assembly Line Worker (uncredited)