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