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

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, Hall was a 1929 graduate of

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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 a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that ...

, 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

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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, w ...

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

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, aged 92.

Partial filmography

* '' Hell Harbor'' (1930) * '' For the Defense'' (1930) * '' The Drums of Jeopardy'' (1931) * ''

Manhattan Parade ''Manhattan Parade '' is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally intended to be released, in the United States, early in 1931, but was shelved due to public apathy towards musicals. ...

'' (1931) *''

Local Boy Makes Good ''Local Boy Makes Good'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Robert Lord, Raymond Griffith and Ray Enright. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent and Wad ...

'' (1931) *'' Chances'' (1931) *'' Monkey Business'' (1931) *''

Her Majesty, Love ''Her Majesty, Love'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code musical film, musical comedy drama film directed by William Dieterle for First National Pictures, starring Broadway stars Marilyn Miller and Ben Lyon, and in his talking fea ...

'' (1931) *'' A Fool's Advice'' (1932) * '' The Gambling Sex'' (1932) *''

The Kid from Spain ''The Kid from Spain'' is a 1932 American pre-Code black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Leo McCarey. Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar composed the songs, and Busby Berkeley is credited with creating and directing the film's musical scenes. ...

'' (1932) *'' The Heart of New York'' (1932) *''

Miss Pinkerton ''Miss Pinkerton'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy mystery film about a nurse who becomes involved in a murder investigation. It stars Joan Blondell, George Brent and Ruth Hall. The film is adapted from a book with the same title, by Americ ...

'' (1932) *'' Dynamite Ranch'' (1932) * '' Between Fighting Men'' (1932) *'' Flaming Guns'' (1932) *''

Ride Him, Cowboy ''Ride Him, Cowboy'' is a 1932 pre-Code Western film directed by Fred Allen for Warner Brothers, starring a 25-year-old John Wayne. Based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Kenneth Perkins, the film is a remake of '' The Unknown Cavalier'', ...

'' (1932) *'' One Way Passage'' (1932) (uncredited) *'' Union Depot'' (1932) *'' Murder on the Campus'' (1933) *''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' (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 American people of Spanish descent 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1910s-stub