Ruth Alice Taylor was born on January 13, 1905 (some sources say 1908) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. When she was a child her family moved to Oregon. At the age of nineteen Ruth went to Hollywood and started her career as an extra at Universal Studios. In 1925 she signed a two year contract with Mack Sennett and became one of his bathing beauties. With her perky smile and blonde spit curls Ruth quickly became one of Sennett's most popular actresses. She had supporting roles in several comedies including A Yankee Doodle Duke and The Pride Of Pikeville. Ruth was nicknamed "The Little Girl With A Big Personality".
In 1928 she beat out dozens of other actresses for the role of Lorelei Lee in the film version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. That same year she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Ruth was offered a contract at Paramount and starred in the comedy The College Coquette. In 1930 she married stockbroker Paul Steinberg Zuckerman and had a son. She decided to quit making movies and became a housewife. Her final acting role was in the comedy short Scrappily Married. Ruth and Paul lived in Palm Springs and were happily married until his death in 1965. Their son, Buck Henry, became a successful screenwriter. Ruth died on April 12, 1984 at the age of seventy-nine. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.
Mother of 巴克·亨利
Wampas Baby Star: 1928
The 马克·森内特 Bathing Beauty star with trademark blonde spit curls, Ruth was discovered by Sennett in February 1925 when he was looking for a blonde to play in a 哈里·朗顿 comedy. She was chosen from among two hundred girls who auditioned. Taylor was the only true blonde employed by the comedy producer at this time.
"Little Rascals" tyke star Shirley Jean Rickert's blonde spit curls were styled after Ruth.
Not to be confused with another silent screen actress Ruth Taylor, who played opposite baseball legend 贝比·鲁斯 in Ruth's biopic 本垒打 (1920).
Was the original blue-eyed, gold-digging Lorelei Lee, playing the leading role in the silent movie version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928). During the search for Lorelei Lee, fans sent 14,000 letters to Paramount Pictures. Each suggested a choice of an actress for the role. In return, every fan was mailed a photo of Ruth when she was selected for the part. It was the largest shipment of pictures of one person ever shipped from Hollywood. Ruth also was the choice of its author 安尼塔·卢斯.
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, her family moved to Portland, Oregon when she was two, and there she graduated from high school in June 1925.
Appeared in amateur dramatics as a youth.
First appeared as an extra in films after arriving in Hollywood in 1925. Appeared in a host of Hollywood comedy shorts not only for 马克·森内特 but opposite such stars as 本·特平.
Husband Paul Zuckerman (nicknamed "Buck") was a U.S. Army Air Forces general who became a Wall Street stockbroker.
Her son, actor and writer 巴克·亨利 followed Ruth into show business and was 16 when he picked up his Equity card, in 1946, for a role in the long-running comedy "Life With Father.".
She was the daughter of Norman C. and Ivah Bates Taylor.