Ruth Hiatt
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-01-06 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Acting

1941

Double Trouble as Blonde Assembly Line Worker

1936

The Broken Coin as Gail Bowman

1935

Beginner's Luck as Daisy's Mother

1935

Little Papa as Spanky's Mother

1935

The Drunkard as Secretary

1934

Ridin' Thru as Dolores Brooks

1934

Wedding Belles as Not available

1932

Love Pains as Shirley Jean's Mother (uncredited)

1932

The Sunset Trail as Molly Mason

1932

Honeymoon Beach as Blondie

1932

The Big Flash as Betty, Hinkle's Secretary

1931

Taxi Troubles as Mrs. Malone

1930

Night Work as Violet Harris

1930

Fifty Million Husbands as Pansy Chase

1930

Won by a Neck as Not available

1930

Good Morning Sheriff as The mayor's daughter

1929

The Rodeo as Mabel Smith

1929

Shanghai Rose as Diane Avery

1929

The New Aunt as Mabel Smith

1929

Grass Skirts as Not available

1929

The Voice of Hollywood No. 1 as Not available

1928

Smith's Restaurant as Mabel Smith

1928

Smith's Army Life as Mabel Smith

1928

The Burglar as Mabel Smith

1928

The Bargain Hunt as Mabel Smith

1928

The Chinatown Mystery as Sally Warren, Chemist

1927

Smith's Pony as Mabel Smith

1927

Life in Hollywood No. 2 as Herself (as Ruth Hyatt)

1927

Smith's Cook as Mabel Smith

1927

Smith's Fishing Trip as Mabel Smith

1927

His First Flame as Mary Morgan

1927

Smith's New Home as Mabel Smith

1927

Smith's Customer as Mabel Smith

1927

Smith's Candy Shop as Mabel Smith

1927

The Missing Link as Beatrice Braden

1926

Saturday Afternoon as Pearl

1926

Smith's Baby as Mabel Smith

1926

Smith's Landlord as Mabel Smith

1926

Smith's Uncle as Mabel Smith

1926

Smith's Picnic as Mabel Smith

1926

Wandering Willies as Ruth

1926

Love's Last Laugh as Ruth Mason

1925

Isn't Love Cuckoo? as Bebe Lodge

1925

Rock Bottom as Foreman's helper's sweetie

1924

Family Life as Ruth Duff

1924

Fast and Furious as The Boss's Daughter

1924

Motor Mad as Not available

1923

Oh! Shoot as Not available

1923

This Way Out as The Girl

1922

The Speeder as Not available