Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Patsy Ruth Miller (born Ruth Mae Miller; January 17, 1904 – July 16, 1995) was an American film actress. After being discovered by actress Alla Nazimova at a Hollywood party, 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 as Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame opposite Lon Chaney. In...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self
Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subje...

Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
1995
as Self
A documentary on the life and career of actor Lon Chaney, with clips from his films and interviews with people who knew him.

That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30...

Quebec
1951
as Germaine
Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.

Night Beat
1931
as Eleanor Patterson
A young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse.

The Great Junction Hotel
1931
as The Bride
A Masquers' Club spoof short. Newly-weds spend their wedding night in a run-down hotel, watched over by an under-employed house detective. When the br...

Lonely Wives
1931
as Kitty 'Minty' Minter
A highly respectable lawyer becomes a sexual animal after working hours; His live-in mother-in-law tries to keep him in line. When an actor-impersonat...

The Last of the Lone Wolf
1930
as Stephanie
In this entry in the Lone Wolf series, the first to have a soundtrack, the jealousies of the King and the coquettish Queen are chronicled. When His Ma...

Wide Open
1930
as Julia Faulkner
An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

The Aviator
1929
as Grace Douglas
Brooks, a publisher and his publicist decide to boost the sales of a wartime book of flying experiences. They credit the book to popular author Robert...

The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the firs...

The Sap
1929
as Betty
A small town dimwit takes the blame for his brother-in-law's crime.

So Long Letty
1929
as Grace Miller
Uncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets ...
Whispering Winds
1929
Jim, a Maine Fisherman, marries Dora on the rebound after his sweetheart, Eve, leaves him to pursue a singing career. Years later, Eve proves to be ge...

The Hottentot
1929
as Peggy Fairfax
The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on ...

Twin Beds
1929
as Elsie Dolan
A young husband just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.

The Fall of Eve
1929
as Eve Grant
Tom Ford, Jr., keeps secret his romance with his father's secretary, Eve Grant. Ford, Sr., enlists Eve to entertain out-of-town buyer Mr. Mack. When M...

Tropical Nights
1928
as Mary Hale
Patsy Ruth Miller stars as the romantic bone of contention between pearl divers Malcolm McGregor and Wallace MacDonald. When McGregor's brother is mur...

We Americans
1928
as Beth Levine
We Americans was based on the Broadway play of the same name. Returning to the "melting pot" themes that he handled so well, director Edward H. Sloman...

Red Riders of Canada
1928
as Joan Duval
Mountie does battle with half-breed trappers.

The Tragedy of Youth
1928
as Paula Wayne
Neglected by shallow husband Dick, young bride Paula Wayne seeks male companionship outside the marital nest. She soon finds it in the form of mature ...

The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
A Hero for a Night
1927
as Mary Sloan
Cab driver falls for rich model.

South Sea Love
1927
as Charlotte Guest
White men grown brutish from jungle life---a beautiful girl at their mercy---risking all for love!
Once and Forever
1927
as Antoinette
Silent romantic drama starring Patsy Ruth Miller who suffers along with her beloved after he loses his sight during WWI.
Painting the Town
1927
as Patsy Deveau
Glenn Tryon and Patsy Ruth Miller, headed the cast of Universal's Painting the Town. In his first starring role, Tryon is cast as bucolic inventor Hec...

The First Auto
1927
as Rose Robbins
The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.

What Every Girl Should Know
1927
as Mary Sullivan
A young girl and her two brothers are sent to a children's home after their older brother, who is the only one supporting them, winds up in jail.

Wolf's Clothing
1927
as Minnie Humphrey
Barry Baline, a guard at a subway station, has worked at his job for six years without a day off. One New Year's Eve he's told that he won't be needed...

Private Izzy Murphy
1926
as Eileen Cohannigan
Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irish-neighborhood in New York City. He meets Eileen Cohannig...

Broken Hearts of Hollywood
1926
as Betty Anne Bolton
Virginia Perry, a former movie star, leaves her family and returns to Hollywood to make a comeback, but age has taken its toll and she is cast in smal...

So This Is Paris
1926
as Mme. Suzanne Giraud
Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers i...

Hell-Bent for Heaven
1926
Sid Hunt and Jude Lowery are Carolina sweethearts but hired-hand Rufe Pryer also has his eyes on her. Rufe lies to Andy, Jude's brother, and a family-...

Oh! What a Nurse!
1926
as June Harrison
Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Sydney Chaplin, Patsy Rut...

Why Girls Go Back Home
1926
as Marie Downey
Trusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he becomes a matinee idol on Broadway, she turns a chor...

The King of the Turf
1926
as Kate Fairfax
Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to j...

The Fighting Edge
1926
Juan de Dios O'Rourke, an American Secret Service, of Spanish-Irish descent, leads the cattle ranchers and border patrol in a fight to suppress a gang...

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Sadie
A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s Pa...
Hogan's Alley
1925
as Patsy Ryan
Lefty O'Brien, a pugilist, becomes engaged to ex-tomboy Patsy Ryan against the wishes of her father, Michael. They both live in an Irish-Jewish neighb...

Rose of the World
1925
as Rose Kirby
In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband Capt. Harry English has been killed in battle. After a time, she marries Sir Arthur Gerardine but i...

Red Hot Tires
1925
as Elizabeth Lowden
The first time Al Jones sees Elizabeth Lowden, he becomes so distracted that he runs his car into a steamroller. The second time he sees her, Elizabet...

Lorraine of the Lions
1925
as Lorraine
A ship carrying a touring circus troupe sinks at sea, and Lorraine, a young girl, is washed up on a deserted island. Her only companion is a gorilla f...

Head Winds
1925
as Patricia Van Felt
Peter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.

Those Who Judge
1924
as Angelique Dean
A Self-Made Failure
1924
as Alice Neal
Young Sonny's dying father leaves him in the care of Breezy, a hobo he has mistaken for a wealthy businessman.

The Breaking Point
1924
as Elizabeth Wheeler
Assuming that he has killed the husband of the woman he also loves, Judson Clark flees through a blizzard to a lonely cabin, where he nearly dies. Whe...

Singer Jim Mckee
1924
as Betty Gleason
Jim McKee and his friend Buck rob a stagecoach to get money to support Buck's daughter. Buck is killed, but Jim and the daughter escape. Fifteen years...

The Yankee Consul
1924
as Margarita
A whale of a comedy thriller. It's a Niagra of roaring laughter Faster Than the Wind!

Name the Man
1924
as Fenella Stanley
Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes involved in an intrigue with local girl Bessie Colli...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
as Esmeralda
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral ca...

Souls for Sale
1923
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

The Girl I Loved
1923
as Mary
John Middleton is distressed to learn that his family is taking in an orphan girl named Mary. He turns aside all her attempts to befriend him. But wit...

Omar the Tentmaker
1922
as Little Shireen
About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry t...

Remembrance
1922
as Mab
Although he graduated from that time-worn university, the college of hard knocks, the tireless efforts of John P. Grout have paid off. He owns a numbe...

Trimmed
1922
as Alice Millard
Returning from service in the A. E. F., Dale Garland is given a rousing reception by his townsmen. County political boss Nebo Slayter persuades the co...

For Big Stakes
1922
as Dorothy Clark
"Clean-Up" Sudden is a drifter restoring law and order to a small farming community run by a corrupt sheriff in this silent Western.

The Fighting Streak
1922
as Ann Withero
Andy Lanning, a peace-loving blacksmith, rescues Ann, the fiancée of Charles Merchant, from a runaway team. When the town bully picks a fight with And...

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922
as Self
The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, which honored 13 (1...

Watch Your Step
1922
as Margaret Andrews
Elmer Slocum has just served a jail sentence for speeding. On his first day of liberty he encounters a physician whose car has broken down and offers ...

Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
1922
Garry Beecher, forgetting his mother and sweetheart, Lorna, falls in love with Veronica, a chorus girl, and heads for the city; finding her with a mil...

Handle with Care
1922
as Marian
Handle with Care is a 1922 silent comedy of marital complications and mix-ups.

Camille
1921
as Nichette
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hop...

One a Minute
1921
as Assembly Line Worker (uncredited)
An excellent silent comedy starring unjustly forgotten star Douglas MacLean. Its indictment of pharmaceutical entrepreneurs is far sharper than Side E...