Ruth Maitland

{{Short description|English actress (1880–1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Ruth Maitland | image = Actress_Ruth_Maitland.jpg | image_size = | caption = 1939 [[Spotlight (company)|Spotlight]] photo ([[Associated British Picture Corporation|B.I.P.]] still) | birth_name = Emma Christian Ruth Erskine | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|2|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1961|3|12|1880|2|3|df=y}} | death_place = [[Dorking]], [[England]] | death_cause = | education = | occupation = [[Actor|Actress]] | years_active = | spouse = {{marriage|James Seafield Grant|1918|1921|end=his death}} | children = }}

'''Ruth Maitland''' (born '''Emma Christian Ruth Erskine'''; 3 February 1880 – 12 March 1961) was an [[English people|English]] actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bad4829e1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701164927/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bad4829e1|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2018|title=Ruth Maitland|website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref> She is known for her roles in ''[[The Faithful Heart (1922 film)|The Faithful Heart]]'' (1922), ''[[The Farmer's Wife]]'' (1928), ''[[The Only Girl (film)|The Only Girl]]'' (1933), and ''[[At the Villa Rose (1940 film)|At the Villa Rose]]'' (1940).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ruth-maitland-p44717|title=Ruth Maitland - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> On stage, her appearances included the original production of the musical ''[[Mr. Cinders|Mister Cinders]]'' at London's [[Adelphi Theatre]] in 1929–1930.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&q=mr.+cinders+1929+the+london+stage+a+calendar+of+productions&pg=PA650|title=The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=27 March 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893023|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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]].

==Selected filmography== * ''[[The Faithful Heart (1922 film)|The Faithful Heart]]'' (1922) * ''[[The Farmer's Wife]]'' (1928) * ''[[Bed and Breakfast (1930 film)|Bed and Breakfast]]'' (1930) * ''[[Tin Gods (1932 film)|Tin Gods]]'' (1932) * ''[[Going Gay]]'' (1933) * ''[[The Only Girl (film)|The Only Girl]]'' (1933) * ''[[Rolling Home (1935 film)|Rolling Home]]'' (1935) * ''[[Aren't Men Beasts!]]'' (1937) * ''[[A Spot of Bother (1938 film)|A Spot of Bother]]'' (1938) * ''[[At the Villa Rose (1940 film)|At the Villa Rose]]'' (1940) * ''[[The Second Mr. Bush]]'' (1940) * ''[[It Happened to One Man]]'' (1940) * ''[[Old Mother Riley in Business]]'' (1941) * ''[[We'll Smile Again]]'' (1942)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0537966}}

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