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Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 - November 24, 1961) was an American actress, novelist, and early aviatrix. Chatterton was born in New York City, on Christmas Eve 1892, to Walter Smith and Lillian Reed Chatterton. She was of English and French extraction, and a descendant of the English poet Thomas Chatterton. Her parents separated while she was still quite young. In order to help support her family financially, she left school at fourteen and began her career on Broadway. Chatterton started off as a chorus girl in a stage play and by the age of eighteen had become a star of the... MORE

Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 - November 24, 1961) was an American actress, novelist, and early aviatrix. Chatterton was born in New York City, on Christmas Eve 1892, to Walter Smith and Lillian Reed Chatterton. She was of English and French extraction, and a descendant of the English poet Thomas Chatterton. Her parents separated while she was still quite young. In order to help support her family financially, she left school at fourteen and began her career on Broadway. Chatterton started off as a chorus girl in a stage play and by the age of eighteen had become a star of the American stage. Her greatest success onstage came in 1914 when she starred in the play Daddy Long Legs, adapted from the novel by Jean Webster. In 1924, she married British actor Ralph Forbes, who starred opposite her that same year in The Magnolia Lady, a musical versional of the A.E. Thomas and Alice Duer Miller hit Come Out of the Kitchen. Chatterton moved to Hollywood with Forbes in 1928, and with the help of Emil Jannings, was cast in her first film role in Sins of the Fathers. That same year she was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. This was followed by roles in The Doctor's Secret LESS