Ruth Hall (born Ruth Gloria Blasco Ibáñez; December 29, 1910 – October 9, 2003) was an American film actress.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Hall was a 1929 graduate of Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida.

Ruth Hall (actress)

Hall was a great-niece of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, the Spanish novelist. She took her mother's maiden name as her professional name so as not to benefit from the novelist's more celebrated last name. In 1931, she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures.

Ruth Hall (actress)

Personal life

She was married to cinematographer Lee Garmes from 1933 until his death on August 31, 1978; the couple had two daughters.

Ruth Hall (actress)

Ruth Hall died in Glendale, California, aged 92.

Partial filmography

Hell Harbor (1930) For the Defense (1930) The Drums of Jeopardy (1931) Manhattan Parade (1931) Local Boy Makes Good (1931) Chances (1931) Monkey Business (1931) Her Majesty, Love (1931) A Fool's Advice (1932) The Gambling Sex (1932) The Kid from Spain (1932) The Heart of New York (1932) Miss Pinkerton (1932) Dynamite Ranch (1932) Between Fighting Men (1932) Flaming Guns (1932) Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) One Way Passage (1932) (uncredited) Union Depot (1932) Murder on the Campus (1933) The Three Musketeers (1933 serial) The Man from Monterey (1933) The Return of Casey Jones (1933) Strawberry Roan (1933) Beloved (1934) Badge of Honor (1934)

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1910 births

2003 deaths

American film actresses

Actresses from Jacksonville, Florida

20th-century American actresses

WAMPAS Baby Stars

American people of Spanish descent

21st-century American women