Volume III: Biographies

MARTIN, Ruth *

Actress (date?)

Ruth Martin as an infant, appeared with Marguerite Snow in a Thanhouser film circa 1913.

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Ruth Martin, an infant, appeared in several Thanhouser films.

Biographical Notes: In a letter published in the New Rochelle Standard-Star in 1987, Ruth Martin Cameron (her married name) recalled: "Many New Rochelle people were used as extras. My family lived close by, and my mother was often asked to bring me to the studios to be used in scenes where a baby was needed, most times to appear for a few minutes in the arms of an actor. On one occasion they needed a baby for a creche in a Christmas tableau. I was placed naked on a bed of straw in a manger. The straw pricked and stuck me. I was terrified and hurting, and from then on would never go near them. That was the end of my movie career."

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