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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Patsy Ruth Miller (January 17, 1904 – July 16, 1995) was an American film actress.
After being discovered by the actress Alla Nazimova at a Hollywood party, Patsy Ruth Miller got her first break with a small role in Camille, which starred Rudolph Valentino. Her roles gradually improved, and she was chosen as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922.
In 1923, she was acclaimed for her performance Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame opposite Lon Chaney, Sr..
In the later part of the decade Miller appeared chiefly in light romantic comedies, opposite such actors as Clive Brook and Edward Everett Horton. Among her film credits in the late 1920s are Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926), A Hero for a Night (1927), Hot Heels (1928), and The Aviator (1929).
She retired from films in 1931. She made a cameo appearance in the 1951 film, Quebec, which starred John Barrymore Jr., and stated in her autobiography that she had participated as a joke. She came out of retirement to do the film Mother in 1978.
She later achieved recognition as a writer. She won three O. Henry Awards for her short stories, wrote a novel, radio scripts, and plays. She also performed for a brief time on Broadway.
Miller was married three times, the first two ended in divorce. Her first husband was film director Tay Garnett and the second was screenwriter John Lee Mahin. Her third husband, businessman E.S. Deans, died in 1986. The frequent news about her love life once earned Miller the sobriquet the most engaged girl in Hollywood.
Patsy Ruth Miller died at her home in Palm Desert, California in 1995, aged 91.
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Birth Name
Patricia Ruth Miller
Born
Sunday, 17 January 1904
Died
Sunday, 16 July 1995
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self | 2000 |
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask | Herself / Self | 1996 |
Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some | Esmeralda (segment "Girls Just Want to Have Fun") | 1994 |
That's Dancing! | Archival footage from 'So This is Paris' | 1985 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
Quebec | Germaine | 1951 |
Penthouse Party | Self | 1950 |
Night Beat | Eleanor Patterson | 1931 |
Lonely Wives | Kitty 'Minty' Minter | 1931 |
The Last of the Lone Wolf | Stephanie | 1930 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self | 2000 |
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask | Herself / Self | 1996 |
Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some | Esmeralda (segment "Girls Just Want to Have Fun") | 1994 |
That's Dancing! | Archival footage from 'So This is Paris' | 1985 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
Quebec | Germaine | 1951 |
Penthouse Party | Self | 1950 |
Night Beat | Eleanor Patterson | 1931 |
Lonely Wives | Kitty 'Minty' Minter | 1931 |
The Last of the Lone Wolf | Stephanie | 1930 |
Wide Open | Julia Faulkner | 1930 |
Show of Shows | Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers | 1929 |
So Long Letty | Grace Miller | 1929 |
Whispering Winds | Dora | 1929 |
The Hottentot | Peggy Fairfax | 1929 |
Marriage by Contract | Margaret | 1928 |
Fashion News | Self (1930) | 1928 |
We Americans | Beth Levine | 1928 |
Red Riders of Canada | Joan Duval | 1928 |
The Tragedy of Youth | Paula Wayne | 1928 |
The Circus: Premiere | Herself / Self | 1928 |
A Hero for a Night | Mary Sloan | 1927 |
South Sea Love | Charlotte Guest | 1927 |
Hot Heels | Patsy Jones | 1927 |
Shanghaied | Polly | 1927 |
Painting the Town | Patsy Deveau | 1927 |
The First Auto | Rose Robbins | 1927 |
What Every Girl Should Know | Mary Sullivan | 1927 |
The Girl on the Stairs | Dora Sinclair | 1927 |
The White Black Sheep | Zelie | 1926 |
Private Izzy Murphy | Eileen Cohannigan | 1926 |
Broken Hearts of Hollywood | Betty Anne Bolton | 1926 |
So This Is Paris | Suzanne Giraud / Mme. Suzanne Giraud | 1926 |
Hell-Bent fer Heaven | Jude Lowrie | 1926 |
Oh! What a Nurse! | June Harrison | 1926 |
Why Girls Go Back Home | Marie Downey | 1926 |
The King of the Turf | Kate Fairfax | 1926 |
The Fighting Edge | Phoebe Joyce | 1926 |
Camille | Sadie | 1926 |
Hogan's Alley | Patsy Ryan | 1925 |
Rose of the World | Rose Kirby | 1925 |
Lorraine of the Lions | Lorraine | 1925 |
Head Winds | Patricia Van Felt | 1925 |
Those Who Judge | Angelique Dean | 1924 |
The Breath of Scandal | Marjorie Hale | 1924 |
The Wise Virgin | 'Billie' Farrington | 1924 |
Fools in the Dark | Ruth Rand | 1924 |
Girls Men Forget | Kitty Shayne | 1924 |
A Self-Made Failure | Alice Neal | 1924 |
The Breaking Point | Elizabeth Wheeler | 1924 |
Singer Jim McKee | Betty Gleason | 1924 |
The Yankee Consul | Margarita | 1924 |
Daughters of Today | Lois Whittall | 1924 |
Name the Man! | Fenella Stanley | 1924 |
The Drivin' Fool | Sylvia Moorhead (his daughter) | 1923 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Esmeralda | 1923 |
Souls for Sale | Patsy Ruth Miller | 1923 |
Omar the Tentmaker | Little Shireen | 1922 |
Fortune's Mask | Pasa Ortiz | 1922 |
Remembrance | Mab | 1922 |
Trimmed | Alice Millard | 1922 |
For Big Stakes | Dorothy Clark | 1922 |
The Fighting Streak | Ann Withero | 1922 |
Watch Your Step | Margaret Andrews | 1922 |
Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight? | Lorna Owens | 1922 |
Camille | Nichette | 1921 |
One a Minute | Assembly Line Worker | 1921 |