Ruth Taylor

Ruth Taylor

Born: January 13, 1905
Died: April 12, 1984
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Ruth Taylor was an American actress in silent films and early talkies. Her son was the writer/comic/actor Buck Henry (real name Henry Zuckerman).

Movies for Ruth Taylor...

This Thing Called Love
Title: This Thing Called Love
Character: Dolly
Released: December 13, 1929
Type: Movie
A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
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The College Coquette
Title: The College Coquette
Character: Betty Forrester
Released: August 5, 1929
Type: Movie
Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.
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A Hint to Brides
Title: A Hint to Brides
Character: The Newlywed Wife
Released: July 13, 1929
Type: Movie
When a newly married couple go back to their apartment, they discover a robbery is in progress.
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Just Married
Title: Just Married
Character: Roberta
Released: August 18, 1928
Type: Movie
After many outrageous moments, a young girl marries her former acquaintance, not with her fiancee.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Title: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Character: Lorelei Lee
Released: January 22, 1928
Type: Movie
Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost.
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For Sale, a Bungalow
Title: For Sale, a Bungalow
Character: The Stenographer
Released: October 30, 1927
Type: Movie
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
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The College Kiddo
Title: The College Kiddo
Character: Ruth Albright - Eddie's Sweetheart
Released: August 7, 1927
Type: Movie
The College Kiddo is a 1927 comedy short.
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Cured in the Excitement
Title: Cured in the Excitement
Character: Nurse
Released: June 12, 1927
Type: Movie
Cured in the Excitement is a 1927 Comedy short film.
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The Pride of Pikeville
Title: The Pride of Pikeville
Character: Ruth Hawkins
Released: June 5, 1927
Type: Movie
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
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Broke in China
Title: Broke in China
Character: Ruth - Donald's Sweetheart
Released: April 23, 1927
Type: Movie
Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small windfall. So the proprietor orders slightly rough around the edges Maud and Mollie, two of his American good time girls working their way around the world, to get him to spend all his money while there. As Donald ends up telling the two good time girls his life story - most specifically about the blonde he let slip through his fingers, she who was the love of his life - a few revelations and the errant coin he left at the roulette wheel betting table change his life.
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The Jolly Jilter
Title: The Jolly Jilter
Character: Alma's Maid
Released: March 13, 1927
Type: Movie
Silent comedy short film starring Ben Turpin
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Flirty Four-Flushers
Title: Flirty Four-Flushers
Character: Slumming Girl
Released: December 25, 1926
Type: Movie
With her winnings from an essay contest, a waitress gets dolled up and goes to a swanky resort to snag a millionaire husband.
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A Blonde's Revenge
Title: A Blonde's Revenge
Character: Ruth Brown
Released: December 19, 1926
Type: Movie
Turpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy women and seizing upn any opportunity to womanise.
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The Soapsuds Lady
Title: The Soapsuds Lady
Character: Bathing Beauty
Released: November 22, 1926
Type: Movie
The Soapsuds Lady is a 1925 silent comedy.
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The Perils of Petersboro
Title: The Perils of Petersboro
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1926
Type: Movie
The Perils of Petersboro is a 1926 silent comedy
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Her Actor Friend
Title: Her Actor Friend
Character: Ruth Bailey
Released: August 29, 1926
Type: Movie
A 1926 comedy short directed by Eddy Cline.
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A Yankee Doodle Duke
Title: A Yankee Doodle Duke
Character: Ruth Osborn
Released: May 30, 1926
Type: Movie
Ralph Graves plays a cabaret singer who is mistaken for a duke while courting society girl Ruth Taylor.
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Wandering Willies
Title: Wandering Willies
Character: Nurse
Released: March 28, 1926
Type: Movie
Percy Nudge (Australian-born Billy Bevan) and Dusty Duncan (Scotsman Andy Clyde) are two hoboes playing “hooky from the hoosegow” (that's "jail" to you and me). Desperate for some chow, they opt to impersonate a police officer and a baby, two types of diners most likely to get offered freebies. When that fails, they go to the food-chain source, posing as a cow. Yet more misadventures ensue before the duo finds itself chased by a latterday edition of producer Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops. Director Del Lord was a former Keystone Kop who helmed many of the Three Stooges' most beloved comedies.
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A Rainy Knight
Title: A Rainy Knight
Character: Bessie Barnes
Released: September 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Sweethearts Jimmie Carter and Bessie Barnes work for Adolph Brock at the Acme Corporation. One day while he is out for a drive in his jalopy of a car, Jimmie spies a pretty young woman on horseback. He comes to her rescue after she falls off her horse and gets injured, he leading her to refuge in an abandoned cabin when it starts to rain heavily. Although she flirts with him, he, in turn attracted to her, wants to remain faithful to Bessie and resists his urges. When this woman mysteriously disappear on him, he can't stop thinking about her and follows her innuendo to meet with her at her apartment. All the while, he is unaware that she is Peggy Joyce, Brock's gold-digging fiancée. He is also unaware that Peggy has ulterior motives for coming on to him, which, in combination with her dangerous past, could lead to complications for all involved.
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Butter Fingers
Title: Butter Fingers
Character: Nellie Perkins
Released: August 30, 1925
Type: Movie
The key to baseball is the pitcher, of course. In this comedy short, the pitcher has something special. Special enough to elicit a threat to rig a game! Our hero has other ideas, though.
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Lucky Stars
Title: Lucky Stars
Released: August 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Harry leaves home to become a doctor, but winds up with "Doc" Healy's Medicine Show.
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The Iron Nag
Title: The Iron Nag
Character: Hazel Calhoun
Released: August 9, 1925
Type: Movie
A jail break turns into a race.
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Headin' Home
Title: Headin' Home
Character: Mildred Tobin
Released: September 18, 1920
Type: Movie
The "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.
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Jack Spurlock, Prodigal
Title: Jack Spurlock, Prodigal
Character: Anita Grey
Released: February 10, 1918
Type: Movie
George Walsh plays the "prodigal" hero in this fast-moving star vehicle from the Fox factory. An incurable cut-up, Jack Spurlock throws a college campus in an uproar when he shows up the first day of classes with his pet bear. Needless to say, Jack is immediately booted out of college, infuriating his big-businessman father (Dan Mason).