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First Name

Ruth

Last Name

Roland

Height

Build

Slim

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Hair Color

Brown - Dark

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California

Star Sign

Virgo

Date of Death

22 September 1937

Place of Death

Hollywood, California

Cause of Death

Cancer

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

Queen of the Thriller Serials

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Wikipedia Text

Ruth Roland (August 26, 1892 - September 22, 1937) was an American stage and film actress and film producer.

Couple Profile

Ruth Roland was, along with Pearl White, the queen of the early movie serials. She came from a show-business family, her father being a San Francisco theater manager and her mother a professional singer. Ruth made her acting debut at age 3-1/2, and soon became a professional child actress and singer. Her parents divorced, then her mother died when Ruth was eight, and she went to live with an aunt in Los Angeles, where she soon had her own vaudeville act. It was there she was spotted by a director for Kalem. His offer of a movie career was quickly accepted, and she made her film debut in 1909. She made every kind of film for the studio, but was especially good in westerns and comedies. In 1915 she left Kalem for Balboa, and appeared in her first serial there the same year. She proved so popular that she was able to form her own production company, and over the next several years appeared in 11 serials, each one cementing her popularity. However, by 1923 she decided she had had enough and didn`t renew her contract (she didn`t need the money, as over the years she had become an astute businesswoman and real estate investor, and amassed a fortune). She decided to go back to vaudeville, and spent the next few years on the stage, with a film or two along the way. When sound came to motion pictures in 1929 she decided to try that medium, but the film she made, 1930`s "Reno," was not successful, and she retired from the screen after one more film in 1935.

Full Name at Birth

Ruth Roland

Date of Birth

1892-08-26

Age