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

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

, Hall was a 1929 graduate of Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. Hall was a great-niece of

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (, 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician and bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were ...

, 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.

Personal life

She was married to cinematographer

Lee Garmes Lee Garmes, A.S.C. (May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978) was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom ...

from 1933 until his death on August 31, 1978; the couple had two daughters. Ruth Hall died in Glendale, California, aged 92.

Partial filmography

* ''Hell Harbor'' (1930) * ''For the Defense (1930 film), For the Defense'' (1930) * ''The Drums of Jeopardy (1931 film), The Drums of Jeopardy'' (1931) * ''Manhattan Parade'' (1931) *''Local Boy Makes Good'' (1931) *''Chances (film), Chances'' (1931) *''Monkey Business (1931 film), 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 (film), The Heart of New York'' (1932) *''Miss Pinkerton'' (1932) *''Dynamite Ranch'' (1932) *''Flaming Guns'' (1932) *''Ride Him, Cowboy'' (1932) *''One Way Passage'' (1932) (uncredited) *''Union Depot (film), Union Depot'' (1932) *''Murder on the Campus'' (1933) *''The Three Musketeers (1933 serial), The Three Musketeers'' (1933 serial) *''The Man from Monterey'' (1933) *''The Return of Casey Jones (1933 film), The Return of Casey Jones'' (1933) *''Strawberry Roan (1933 film), Strawberry Roan'' (1933) * ''Beloved (1934 film), Beloved'' (1934) * ''Badge of Honor (film), 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 {{US-film-actor-1910s-stub