Ruth Maitland (born Emma Christian Ruth Erskine; 3 February 1880 – 12 March 1961) was an English actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Faithful Heart'' (1922), '' The Farmer's Wife'' (1928), ''

The Only Girl ''The Only Girl'' is a 1933 British-German musical film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Charles Boyer, and Mady Christians. It is the English-language version of ''The Empress and I'' which also starred Harvey and ...

'' (1933), and '' At the Villa Rose'' (1940). On stage, her appearances included the original production of the musical ''

Mister Cinders ''Mr Cinders'' is a 1928 musical with music by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers and a libretto by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman. The story is an inversion of the Cinderella fairy tale with the gender roles reversed. The Prince Charming chara ...

'' at London's Adelphi Theatre in 1929–1930. She married Major James Seafield Grant on 6 August 1918. He was killed in 1921 in the Coolavokig ambush during the

Irish War of Independence The Irish War of Independence () or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and United Kingdom of Gre ...

Selected filmography

* '' The Faithful Heart'' (1922) * '' The Farmer's Wife'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Tin Gods'' (1932) * '' Going Gay'' (1933) * ''

'' (1933) * '' Rolling Home'' (1935) * ''

Aren't Men Beasts! ''Aren't Men Beasts!'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton and Billy Milton. Premise A number of people try to prevent a man getting married. Cast * Robertson Hare as Herbert Ho ...

'' (1937) * '' A Spot of Bother'' (1938) * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1940) * '' The Second Mr. Bush'' (1940) * ''

It Happened to One Man ''It Happened to One Man'' is a 1940 British drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne and Marta Labarr. The screenplay was scripted by Paul Merzbach and Nina Jarcis, based on the play of the same name by J ...

'' (1940) * '' Old Mother Riley in Business'' (1941) * '' We'll Smile Again'' (1942)

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* 1880 births 1961 deaths British film actresses Actresses from London 20th-century British actresses 20th-century English women 20th-century English people {{UK-film-actor-stub