Ruth Dwyer

Ruth Dwyer

Born: January 25, 1898
Died: March 2, 1978
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Movies for Ruth Dwyer...

Slightly Dangerous
Title: Slightly Dangerous
Character: Customer in department store (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
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For Me and My Gal
Title: For Me and My Gal
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
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Mannequin
Title: Mannequin
Character: Wedding Guest (Uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1938
Type: Movie
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.
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Sailors' Wives
Title: Sailors' Wives
Character: Pat Scott
Released: January 22, 1928
Type: Movie
Informed by her doctor that she is going blind, Carol Trent tearfully breaks off her engagement with Don Manning, hoping to spare him the stigma of a sightless bride. When Hughes catches up with her and demands an explanation, Astor pretends to have fallen out of love with him and further convinces him that she has turned into a shameless hussy.
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A Perfect Gentleman
Title: A Perfect Gentleman
Character: Wayne's Daughter
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Monty Banks gets involved in tracking down a stolen fortune, his adventures culminating in a whirlwind, gag-filled climax at sea.
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Scrambled Weddings
Title: Scrambled Weddings
Character: Betty
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Edward Everett Horton and Ruth Dwyer are in love and expect to get married as soon as one of them mentions it to the other. In the meantime, Lolita Lee accepts Horton's proposal, which he doesn't recall making, and Miss Dwyer is invited to be a bridesmaid. So he tells Miss Dwyer that it's Stanley Taylor she's marrying, and hopes no one spills the beans before Taylor shows up in a false beard to spike the proceedings.
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No Publicity
Title: No Publicity
Character: Sally Lawrence
Released: August 1, 1927
Type: Movie
Cameraman Eddie is sent to photograph a socialite at a private lecture on morals. The young woman's guardian will have none of it however, and Eddie resorts to a number of deceptions in order to get a picture.
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Stepping Along
Title: Stepping Along
Character: Fay Allen
Released: November 14, 1926
Type: Movie
Johnny Rooney is a fast-stepping young politician and Molly Taylor is an even faster-stepping showgirl in "George White's Scandals" in a tale of New York City's theatrical and political life during prohibition and the jazz-age.
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Crack O' Dawn
Title: Crack O' Dawn
Released: October 16, 1926
Type: Movie
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A Man of Quality
Title: A Man of Quality
Character: Marion Marcy
Released: October 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Jack Banning is a motorcycle cop by day and undercover agent by night. Disguising himself as "Strongarm Samson," Banning infiltrates a gang of smugglers headed by Richard Courtney.
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The Brown Derby
Title: The Brown Derby
Character: Betty Caldwell
Released: July 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Tommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is unaware of his inferiority complex. One day he learns that an eccentric uncle has died, leaving him a brown derby said to bring good luck to its wearer. Meanwhile Edith Worthing and her Aunt Anna are expecting Edith's wealthy uncle, Adolph Plummer, from Australia. On a call to their house, Tommy is mistaken for the uncle, being announced as "a plumber," and soon a mutual romance develops with Edith. They are wedded by mistake when serving as witnesses to marriage by elopement. Farrell, a rival for Edith, learns of Tommy's deception and persuades Edith to elope with him; but Tommy follows in hot pursuit, in his pajamas and derby. At the last minute, a message arrives telling Edith that she and Tommy are already married.
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White Fang
Title: White Fang
Character: Mollie Holland
Released: May 24, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.
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Seven Chances
Title: Seven Chances
Character: Mary Jones
Released: March 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
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The Reckless Age
Title: The Reckless Age
Character: Cecilia Meyrick
Released: August 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.
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Broadway or Bust
Title: Broadway or Bust
Character: Virginia Redding
Released: June 9, 1924
Type: Movie
Virginia Redding inherits a fortune and goes to New York, leaving behind her suitor Dave, a rancher. Good fortune strikes Dave when radium deposits are discovered on his ranch, and he and his partner sell out, go to New York, and become society sensations.
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Jack O'Clubs
Title: Jack O'Clubs
Released: February 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A tough policeman who patrols the city's worst beat loses his nerve when he believes he has hurt the girl he loves.
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The Stranger Of The North
Title: The Stranger Of The North
Released: February 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Silent film drama...
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Second Hand Love
Title: Second Hand Love
Character: Angela Trent
Released: August 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Andy Hanks is an itinerant fix-it man who comes to town with his horse and dog as his only pals. He falls in love with Angela Trent, a young woman with an air of mystery about her.
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Clay Dollars
Title: Clay Dollars
Released: October 19, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Stealers
Title: The Stealers
Character: Mary Forrest
Released: October 3, 1920
Type: Movie
Rev. Robert Martin is an ex-minister who has lost his faith because of his wife's faithlessness, and taken up a life of crime as head of a band of pickpockets masquerading as religious workers who ply their trade in the wake of a traveling carnival company. He tries to keep the true nature of his work secret from his daughter Julie, but she learns the truth while traveling with his band for a week.
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The Evil Eye
Title: The Evil Eye
Character: Dora Bruce
Released: April 30, 1920
Type: Movie
This serial, starring boxer Leslie King, is presumed lost.