Ruth Findlay
| Ruth Findlay | |
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| Ruth findlay | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Jersey City , New Jersey , USA |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | New York , New York , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | actress |
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Biography
Born September 19, 1896 in Heights , near Jersey City , in New Jersey . Her parents John and Margaret Findlay [2] [3] were from Scotland . In particular, her father was born in Glasgow [3] under the name MacPherson [2] [4] .
Findlay spent her childhood in New York, where she studied in private schools. Her first appearance on the stage took place at the age of twelve in the plays “The Skits of Mrs. Wiggs” and “ My Baby ” in Daly's Theater [5] [6] . A few years later, Ruth got her first role in the production of Rebecca from Sunnybrook Farm , and in 1917 she found success by playing Margarita in the play Successful Disaster on the stage of Broadway's Booth Theater [7] . In November 1920, Ruth, being a miniature girl 152 cm tall [2] , began a six-month theatrical "race" - she played Tom Clenty and Edward VI in the production of "The Prince and the Pauper " in the Booth Theater [8] .
In 1941-1942, Ruth Findlay played for the last time at the Broadway Theater “ Music Box Theater ”, playing the role of Deborah Hawks in the production of “Land of the Brides”.
In the early years of his career, Findlay starred in six silent films released before 1920. [9] [10] The most noteworthy role was Dora Baxter in the film “The Salamander” (1916), based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Owen Johnson [5] [11] . During her career, Ruth starred with such popular actors as William Gillette , William Farnum , Eugene O'Brien Lionel Barrymore and William Faversham [4] . Findlay quit her career within a year after marrying banker Donald W. Lamb in 1927. It was only in 1941 that she returned from retirement to play a role in the play Land of the Brides, written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Farber [4] .
She died in New York on July 13, 1949 in New York . Her survived: husband, three sisters and brother [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 3 US Passport Application (Ruth Findlay) May 29, 1924 (Ancestry.com scan)
- ↑ 1 2 Munsey's Magazine, Volume 53; October, 1914 - January, 1915; pg 551
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ruth Findlay 51 Actress On Stage - New York Times - Jul 14, 1949; pg. 27;
- ↑ 1 2 The Moving picture world, Volume 27, 1916 pg. 392
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Internet Movie Database
- ↑ The Land Is Bright - Broadway Play - Original | IBDB
- ↑ American film cycles: the silent era By Larry Langman pg. 140