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