# Ruth Findlay > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ruth_Findlay > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ruth_Findlay.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Findlay > Source revision: 1341000130 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Ruth Findlay | image = Ruth Findly 02.JPG | image_size = 225px | alt = | caption = Findlay in ''Munsey's Magazine,'' 1915 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|9|19}} | birth_place = [Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey), US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|07|13|1896|9|19}} | death_place = [New York City, New York](/source/New_York_City%2C_New_York), US | other_names = | spouse = Donald W. Lamb (married 1927–1949) | occupation = Actress | years_active = }} '''Ruth Findlay''' (September{{nbsp}}19, 1896{{snd}}July{{nbsp}}13, 1949) was an American stage actress active over the early decades of the 20th century. She is not to be confused with the later film actress Ruth Findlay (1917–1976). ==Biography== [[File:Prince-and-Pauper-Faversham-Findlay.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[William Faversham](/source/William_Faversham) and Ruth Findlay in the Broadway production of ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (1920)]] Findlay was born on September 19, 1896, in [The Heights](/source/The_Heights%2C_Jersey_City), a neighborhood of [Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey). Her parents were John and Margaret Findlay,[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1174&iid=USM1490_2543-0197&fn=Ruth&ln=Findlay&st=r&ssrc=&pid=255182 US Passport Application (Ruth Findlay) 29 May 1924 (Ancestry.com scan)]''Munsey's Magazine'', Volume 53, October 1914{{snd}}January 1915, p. 551 both originally from Scotland. Her father, a character actor known for his portrayal of butlers and priests, was born in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) with the surname Macpherson.{{cite news |date=July 14, 1949 |title=Ruth Findlay, 45, Actress on Stage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/07/14/archives/-uthindy-51-actress-on-stagei-leading-lady-to-faversham-and-lionel-.html |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |access-date=2018-03-07 }} Findlay was raised in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), where she attended private schools and first appeared on stage at around the age of 12 in ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' and later ''[Baby Mine](/source/Baby_Mine_(play))'' at Daly’s Theatre.''The Moving Picture World'', Volume 27, 1916, p. 392{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=7163 |title=Baby Mine |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2018-03-08 }} Her first major role came a few years later in a road production of ''[Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm](/source/Rebecca_of_Sunnybrook_Farm)'' and in 1917 she found success playing Marguerite in ''A Successful Calamity'' at Broadway’s [Booth Theatre](/source/Booth_Theatre).{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=8293 |title=A Successful Calamity |publisher=[Internet Broadway Database](/source/Internet_Broadway_Database) |access-date=2018-03-08 }} In November 1920 the diminutive {{convert|5|ft|2|in|cm|adj=on}} actress began a seven-month run at the [Booth Theatre](/source/Booth_Theatre) playing the dual roles of Tom Canty and Prince Edward in [Amélie Rives](/source/Am%C3%A9lie_Rives_Troubetzkoy)' stage adaptation of [Mark Twain](/source/Mark_Twain)'s ''[The Prince and the Pauper](/source/The_Prince_and_the_Pauper)''.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=8340 |title=The Prince and the Pauper |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2018-03-08 }} Findlay’s last Broadway performances were playing Deborah Hawks in the 1941 production of ''[The Land Is Bright](/source/The_Land_Is_Bright)'' at the [Music Box Theatre](/source/Music_Box_Theatre).{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1122 |title=The Land Is Bright |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2018-03-08 }} During the early years of her acting career Findlay appeared in at least six silent films, all produced before 1920.{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/persondetails/136803 |title=Ruth Findlay |website=[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films) |publisher=[American Film Institute](/source/American_Film_Institute) |access-date=2018-03-08 }} Her most notable film performance may have been as Dora Baxter in ''The Salamander'' (1916), a film based on the 1913 novel by [Owen Johnson](/source/Owen_Johnson_(writer)).American film cycles: the silent era By Larry Langman pg. 140 Over her career, she worked with [William Gillette](/source/William_Gillette), [William Farnum](/source/William_Farnum), [Eugene O'Brien](/source/Eugene_O'Brien_(actor)), [Lionel Barrymore](/source/Lionel_Barrymore) and [William Faversham](/source/William_Faversham). Findlay left the stage within a year or so of her marriage to investment banker Donald W. Lamb in 1927. In 1941 she came out of retirement to appear in ''The Land Is Bright'', a play written by [George S. Kaufman](/source/George_S._Kaufman) and [Edna Ferber](/source/Edna_Ferber). Ruth Findlay Lamb died in New York City on July 13, 1949. She was survived by her husband, three sisters and a brother. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Ruth Findlay}} * {{IBDB name | id= 40501 }} * {{IMDb name | 1187901 }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Findlay, Ruth}} Category:1896 births Category:1949 deaths Category:American stage actresses Category:American silent film actresses Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Actresses from Jersey City, New Jersey --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ruth Findlay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Findlay) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Findlay?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.