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13 Facts About Ruth Renick

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Ruth Renick was born on Ruth Griffin; September 23,1893 - May 7,1984 and was an American actress on stage and in films.

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Ruth Renick made her debut in film in 1919, in a silent film.

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Ruth Renick's career spanned the shift to "talkies", and Renick had her last role in a Western film in 1932.

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Ruth Renick had started acting in theatre in high school in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Ruth Renick's family moved to Phoenix, Arizona when she was young.

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In 1916, Renick joined the Redmond stock company, debuting on June 1 in San Jose, California in When Knighthood Was in Flower.

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Ruth Renick later acted with the Wilkes stock company in Seattle, Washington, where she was featured in ingenue roles.

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In 1919 Renick signed with the Jesse D Hampton company to work in films.

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Ruth Renick made her film debut in Hawthorne of the USA.

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The First Unitarian Church of Oakland quickly invited Ruth Renick to speak to their congregation the following week, but she declined after receiving a letter with a death threat.

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About six weeks later, Ruth Renick did speak to a class at the First Congregational Church of San Francisco, discussing relationships between the church and the theatre.

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At the time, Bellford denied that he and Ruth Renick were married, while she said, "But we were married".

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On May 7,1984, Ruth Renick died in Hollywood, California, at age 90.