Ruth Roland
American actress and film producer. Most famous for her starring roles in adventures serials produced by her own production company.
Who Pays?
as Laura PowersWho Pays? was a series of twelve three-reel dramas, released between March and July 1915. Henry...
Movie pageScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...
Movie pageThe Red Circle
as June TraversThe Red Circle is a birthmark, on the hand of the heroine, noticeable only in times of stress...
Movie pageThe Circus: Premiere
as SelfFootage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
Movie pageDays of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century...
Movie pageHands Up
as Echo DelaneA newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation...
Movie pageThe Timber Queen
as Ruth ReadingThe Timber Queen follows Ruth Rowland as the inheritor of a wealthy timber business who tries...
Movie pageCupid Angling
as uncreditedCupid Angling is a 1918 silent film starring Ruth Roland and Albert Morrison, with walk-on...
Movie pageThe Girl Detective
as Ruth, The Girl DetectiveA series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator...
Movie pageThe Sultana
as Virginia LowndesRich young playboy Gregory Kirkland reads a newspaper story about a daring robbery, and bets his...
Movie pageThe Sheriff of Stone Gulch
as Helen - the Sheriff's DaughterIn this rare, surviving one-reel Western from the pioneering Kalem company, Ruth Roland's...
Movie pageThe Tiger's Trail
as Belle BoydA cult of Hindu tiger worshippers and a gang of Western outlaws try to cheat a young woman out...
Movie pageThe Masked Woman
as Dolly GreenBaron Tolento lusts for Diane Delatour, his physician's wife, and donates money to their...
Movie pageThe Stolen Play
as Sylvia SmalleyA blind playwright is engaged to his assistant, and the two are close to completion of a new...
Movie pageRuth of the Rockies
as Bab MurphyA young woman finds a trunk full of stolen diamonds, takes them and heads westward, pursued by...
Movie pageThe Peace Offering
as Arthur's WifeArthur, who has been out the night before, is late to breakfast, much to the annoyance of his...
Movie pageThe Burglar and the Baby
as The NurseDriven to desperation by his wife's nagging, Mr. Nag, who ordinarily is as meek as any lamb,...
Movie pageFrom Nine to Nine
as Cornelia Du PlayRuth Roland in her last role alongside Roland Drew in a mystery about murder, blackmail and...
Movie pageIn Peril of Their Lives
as The Fisherman's First DaughterA California fisherman starts with his family for a trip up the coast. When the party finds a...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Ruth
as Ruth RobinDaniel Robin has become mixed up with a band of criminals known as "the 13," and is shot when he...
Movie pageWhile Father Telephoned
as Ethel Marlin - the DaughterMarlin takes his daughter, Ethel, to the seashore in hopes that she will annex a rich husband....
Movie pageThe Matrimonial Martyr
as Erma Desmond / Bertie StanleyErma Desmond leaves her uncle and aunt to visit a friend, Phyllis, in the city. There, she finds...
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