Ruth Hiatt

Known for ActingBorn 1906-01-06Died 1994-04-21Cripple 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Double Trouble

Taxi Troubles

Good Morning Sheriff

Shanghai Rose

Grass Skirts

Smith's Fishing Trip

Smith's Picnic

Oh! Shoot

This Way Out

The Broken Coin

Love Pains

The Rodeo

The Chinatown Mystery

The Bargain Hunt

Smith's Cook

Life in Hollywood No. 2

Wandering Willies

Rock Bottom

The Sunset Trail

Ridin' Thru

Won by a Neck

Smith's Army Life

Smith's Pony

Family Life

The Drunkard

Honeymoon Beach

Smith's Restaurant

Smith's Candy Shop

Love's Last Laugh

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

Beginner's Luck

Little Papa

Night Work

His First Flame

Saturday Afternoon

Long Pants

The Big Flash

Fifty Million Husbands

The Burglar

Fast and Furious

The Missing Link

Smith's Baby

Wedding Belles

The Voice of Hollywood No. 1

The New Aunt

Smith's Customer

Smith's New Home

Smith's Uncle