Ruth Taylor

Ruth Alice Taylor (January 13, 1905 – April 12, 1984) was an American actress in silent films and early talkies. Her son was the writer, comic, and actor Buck Henry. Early years Taylor was born to Norman and Ivah ( Bates) Taylor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was two years old when her parents moved to Portland, Oregon, where she was raised and graduated from high school. Film career After participating in amateur dramatics as a youth, Taylor persuaded her mother to bring her to Hollywood where the teenager spent a year working as an extra. She was discovered by Mack Sennett in February 1925 when he was looking for a blonde to play in a Harry Langdon comedy. She was chosen from around two hundred girls who responded to Sennett's call. She was also selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1928.