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    Ruth Hiatt

    1906-01-06 (118 years old) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA

    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.

    Movies

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    Double Trouble
    0 %|Nov 21, 1941
    Comedy
    actor
    The Broken Coin
    0 %|Jan 10, 1936
    Drama
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    Little Papa
    70 %|Sep 21, 1935
    Comedy
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    The Drunkard
    0 %|Apr 3, 1935
    Western
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    Beginner's Luck
    70 %|Feb 23, 1935
    Family, Comedy
    actor
    Wedding Belles
    0 %|Jun 24, 1934
    Comedy
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    Ridin' Thru
    0 %|Mar 15, 1934
    Western, Action, Adventure, Romance
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    The Big Flash
    45 %|Nov 5, 1932
    Comedy
    actor
    Honeymoon Beach
    0 %|Oct 22, 1932
    Comedy
    actor
    Love Pains
    0 %|Feb 13, 1932
    poster
    The Sunset Trail
    100 %|Feb 7, 1932
    Action, Western, Romance
    actor
    Taxi Troubles
    0 %|Oct 18, 1931
    Comedy
    actor
    Won by a Neck
    0 %|Oct 5, 1930
    Comedy
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    Night Work
    62.5 %|Aug 3, 1930
    Romance, Comedy
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    Fifty Million Husbands
    32.5 %|May 23, 1930
    Romance, Comedy
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    Good Morning Sheriff
    0 %|May 18, 1930
    Comedy
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    Grass Skirts
    0 %|Dec 22, 1929
    Comedy
    actor
    The Voice of Hollywood No. 1
    0 %|Dec 1, 1929
    Comedy, Music
    actor
    The New Aunt
    0 %|May 11, 1929
    poster
    The Rodeo
    0 %|Mar 24, 1929
    Comedy
    poster
    Shanghai Rose
    0 %|Jan 1, 1929
    Crime
    actor
    The Bargain Hunt
    0 %|Oct 14, 1928
    Comedy
    poster
    The Burglar
    50 %|Sep 12, 1928
    Comedy
    poster
    The Chinatown Mystery
    0 %|Sep 1, 1928
    Adventure, Mystery
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    Smith's Restaurant
    0 %|Aug 19, 1928
    Comedy
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    Smith's Army Life
    0 %|Feb 6, 1928
    Comedy
    actor
    Smith's Cook
    0 %|Oct 16, 1927
    Comedy
    actor
    Smith's Pony
    0 %|Sep 17, 1927
    Comedy
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    Life in Hollywood No. 2
    0 %|Aug 25, 1927
    actor
    Smith's Candy Shop
    0 %|Aug 21, 1927
    Comedy
    actor
    Smith's Fishing Trip
    0 %|May 29, 1927
    Comedy
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    The Missing Link
    20 %|May 6, 1927
    Comedy
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    His First Flame
    55 %|May 2, 1927
    Comedy
    actor
    Smith's New Home
    0 %|Mar 6, 1927
    Comedy
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    Smith's Customer
    0 %|Feb 6, 1927
    Comedy
    actor
    Smith's Picnic
    0 %|Dec 12, 1926
    poster
    Smith's Uncle
    0 %|Nov 14, 1926
    Comedy
    actor
    Love's Last Laugh
    0 %|Oct 3, 1926
    Comedy, Romance
    actor
    Smith's Landlord
    0 %|Sep 19, 1926
    Comedy
    poster
    Smith's Baby
    0 %|Jul 25, 1926
    Comedy
    poster
    Wandering Willies
    0 %|Mar 28, 1926
    Comedy
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    Saturday Afternoon
    56 %|Jan 31, 1926
    Comedy
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    Isn't Love Cuckoo?
    0 %|Nov 22, 1925
    Comedy
    actor
    Rock Bottom
    0 %|May 9, 1925
    Comedy
    poster
    Motor Mad
    0 %|Dec 21, 1924
    Comedy
    poster
    Fast and Furious
    38 %|Oct 11, 1924
    Comedy, Action
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    Family Life
    50 %|Mar 29, 1924
    Comedy
    actor
    Oh! Shoot
    0 %|Jul 30, 1923
    actor
    This Way Out
    0 %|May 27, 1923
    poster
    The Speeder
    0 %|Sep 24, 1922
    Comedy

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