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Ruth Elder
actress
- Born:
- 1893-04-04, New York City, New York, USA
- Died:
- 1985-09-14, Orange, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
Ruth Elder born in New York in 1893. At 16 she was chosen queen of the Coney Island carnival celebrated for one week, she then went to work as an extra for the Edison studios, then under contract with the Thanhouser Film Company in 1915, a ingenue beautiful star for two years, appearing in mostly short dramas such as 'The Bridal Bouquet'. She won the most popular movie star by The New York Telegraph in 1915, later with the Universal Film Co in 1917, her last screen appearance was in a comedy 'Thirty a Week' directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Tom Moore for the Goldwyn studios in 1918. not to be confused with Ruth Elder the aviatrix.
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