Ruth Roland Ruth Roland (San Francisco , 26 agosto 1892 – Hollywood , 22 settembre 1937 ) è stata un'attrice statunitense protagonista di numerosi serial di grande successo. Per la sua popolarità, divenne all'epoca del muto - insieme a Pearl White - la "regina" di questo genere cinematografico.
Biografia
Nata a San Francisco, cominciò la sua carriera già da bambina, lavorando nel vaudeville . Suo padre era un impresario teatrale di San Francisco, la madre una cantante. Ruth debuttò sul palcoscenico all'età di tre anni e mezzo: sapeva cantare e recitare e presto venne conosciuta col nome di Baby Ruth. Nel 1900, Ruth aveva solo otto anni: i genitori divorziarono e sua madre morì. Andò a stare a Los Angeles da una zia, girando poi in tournée per lavoro. Il regista Sidney Olcott la notò mentre recitava a New York a teatro e le offrì 25 dollari la settimana per lavorare nel cinema.
Foto Library of Congress Ruth debuttò sullo schermo con una pellicola dei Kalem Studios nel 1909 e divenendo subito conosciuta sotto il nome di "Kalem Girl". Per la sua giovane età, dovendo ancora finire gli studi, la mandarono sulla costa occidentale, dove poteva girare senza perdere i corsi a scuola.Balboa Films , dove fu messa sotto contratto (dal 1914 al 1917). Nel 1915, apparve in un serial di avventure di 15 episodi intitolato The Red Circle
Vita personale
Dopo un primo matrimonio durato due anni (dal 1917 al 1919) con Lionel Edward Kent[ 1] Ben Bard ; il matrimonio durò per tutta la vita dell'attrice. Roland morì a Hollywood di cancro nel 1937 all'età di 45 anni. Fu tumulata al Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery di Glendale [ 2]
Riconoscimenti
Per il suo contributo all'industria cinematografica, Ruth Roland ha avuto una stella sull'Hollywood Walk of Fame al 6220 di Hollywood Blvd.
Filmografia
The Scarlet Letter Sidney Olcott (1908)The Old Soldier's Story The Cardboard Baby The Indian Scout's Vengeance A Chance Shot Pat Hartigan (1911)A Sheepman's Triumph Arizona Bill George Melford e Robert G. Vignola (1911)The Smugglers Mesquite's Gratitude How Texas Got Left He Who Laughs Last The Dude Cowboy P.C. Hartigan (1912)The Desert Trail Pat Hartigan (1912)Things Are Seldom What They Seem How Jim Proposed Accidents Will Happen Walk, -- You, Walk! The Swimming Party Pat Hartigan (1912)The Girl Deputy The Romance of a Dry Town The Trail Through the Hills The Kidnapped Conductor Outwitting Father The Schoolma'm of Stone Gulch The Trail of Gold The Pasadena Peach A Fish Story Hypnotic Nell Ranch Girls on a Rampage The Pugilist and the Girl The Chauffeur's Dream The Girl Bandit's Hoodoo The Bugler of Battery B The Soldier Brothers of Susanna George Melford e Kenean Buel (1912)The Beauty Parlor of Stone Gulch The Woman Hater Saved from Court Martial George Melford e Kenean Buel (1912)The Hoodoo Hat The Loneliness of the Hills Dr. Skinnem's Wonderful Invention In Peril of Their Lives Fat Bill's Wooing Queen of the Kitchen A Hospital Hoax The Belle of the Beach Paying the Board Bill Death Valley Scotty's Mine Stenographer Wanted The Bachelor's Bride I Saw Him First The Landlubber Strong Arm Nellie The Chaperon Gets a Ducking Something Wrong with Bessie A California Snipe Hunt The Mummy and the Cowpuncher Pulque Pete and the Opera Troupe Brave Old Bill A Mountain Tragedy The Peace Offering The Mission of a Bullet Pat Hartigan (1913)Able-Minded Abe The Manicurist and the Mutt A Hero's Reward One on Willie The Horse That Wouldn't Stay Hitched Three Suitors and a Dog The Matrimonial Venture of the 'Bar X' Hands Trixie and the Press Agent A Cold Storage Egg The Sheriff of Stone Gulch Parcel Post Johnnie Absent Minded Abe Jones' Jonah Day An Indian Maid's Warning The Cat and the Bonnet The 'Fired' Cook Fatty's Deception The Indestructible Mr. Jenks The Bravest Girl in California The Phony Singer A Coupon Courtship Fatty's Busy Day Toothache The Hash House Count Pat, the Cowboy The Egyptian Mummy The Black Hand The Comedy Team's Strategy When Women Are Police Percy's Wooing Smoked to a Finish Cupid's Lariat The Knight of Cyclone Gulch Curing Her Extravagance The Raiders from Double L Ranch Entertaining Uncle What the Doctor Ordered The Tenderfoot's Luck Hoodooed on His Wedding Day The Hobo and the Hobble Skirt The Amateur Burglar The Captivating Widow Mike, the Timid Cop Boggs' Predicament The Burglar and the Baby One Best Bet The Hobo and the Myth And the Watch Came Back Pete's Insurance Policy The Troublesome Telephone The Speed Limit Pat Hartigan - cortometraggio (1913)The Tightwad's Present The Fickle Freak Hypnotizing Mamie The Laundress and the Lady The Good Old Summer Time While Father Telephoned General Bunko's Victory Emancipated Women Able-Minded Abe Bill's Board Bill The Joke on Jane Only One Shirt At Last They Eat The Medicine Show at Stone Gulch The Gun Behind the Man Too Many Johnnies A Bottled Romance Reggie, the Squaw Man Hiram's Hotel Looking for a Fortune Her Fallen Hero The Family Skeleton And the Villain Still Pursued Her The Confiscated Count Hubby's Night Off Gertie Gets the Cash Dippy's Dream McBride's Bride The Girl and the Gondolier Tight Shoes Reaping for the Whirlwind The Wages of Sin An Elopement in Rome Fleeing from the Fleas Rube, the Interloper Wanted: An Heir The Bingville Fire Department Marshall Neilan (1914)The Deadly Battle at Hicksville Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw A Substitute for Pants Sherlock Bonehead When Men Wear Skirts Ham the Lineman The Slavery of Foxicus The Tattered Duke Si's Wonderful Mineral Spring Ham and the Villain Factory Lizzie the Life Saver Ham, the Piano Mover A Peach at the Beach Ham the Iceman Bud, Bill and the Waiter Cupid Backs the Winners The Tip-Off T. Hayes Hunter (1915)A Model Wife Fanciulla detective The Girl Detective ), regia di James W. Horne (1915)The Affair of the Deserted House The Disappearance of Harry Warrington The Mystery of the Tea Dansant She Would Be a Cowboy Old Isaacson's Diamonds Who Pays? Harry Harvey , H.M. Horkheimer e Henry King - serial cinematografico (1915)Jared Fairfax's Millions Following a Clue The Price of Fame The Pursuit of Pleasure When Justice Sleeps The Love Liar Unto Herself Alone Houses of Glass Blue Blood and Yellow Today and Tomorrow For the Commonwealth The Pomp of Earth The Fruit of Folly Toil and Tyranny Comrade John Bertram Bracken (1915)The Red Circle Sherwood MacDonald (1915)The Matrimonial Martyr The Sultana Sherwood MacDonald (1916)The Devil's Bait The Neglected Wife William Bertram (1917)The Stolen Play The Fringe of Society A Message from Reno The Price of Folly Phantom Fame Counterfeit Clues The Cat's Paw The Sin of Innocence Sold for Gold In Poverty's Power The Rebound Shifting Sands Cupid Angling Hands Up! Louis J. Gasnier e James W. Horne (1918)Love and the Law The Tiger's Trail Robert Ellis , Louis J. Gasnier e Paul Hurst (1919)The Adventures of Ruth Ruth of the Rockies The Avenging Arrow William Bowman e W. S. Van Dyke (1921)White Eagle Fred Jackman e W. S. Van Dyke (1922)The Timber Queen Fred Jackman (1922)The Haunted Valley Ruth of the Range Dollar Down Tod Browning (1925)Where the Worst Begins John McDermott (1925)The Masked Woman Silvano Balboni (1927)Reno George Crone (1930)From Nine to Nine Edgar G. Ulmer (1935)
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