Ruth Roland (August , â€" September , ) was an American stage and
film actress and film producer.Ruth Roland was born in San Francisco,
California to Elizabeth Lillian Hauser and Jack Roland. Her father
managed a theatre, and she became a child actress who went on to work
in vaudeville. At age , she was the youngest student at Hollywood High
School, having attended the school around or (there is debate on
this date). Roland was Hollywood High School's first homegrown movie
star.She was hired by director Sidney Olcott who had seen her on stage
in New York City. She appeared in her first film, A Chance Shot, for
Kalem Studios in , becoming the leading actress of their new West
Coast studio. After Gene Gauntier's departure from Kalem, she became
billed as the new "Kalem Girl." She eventually became overseer of
"Kalem House" where all the actors lived.[citation needed]
film actress and film producer.Ruth Roland was born in San Francisco,
California to Elizabeth Lillian Hauser and Jack Roland. Her father
managed a theatre, and she became a child actress who went on to work
in vaudeville. At age , she was the youngest student at Hollywood High
School, having attended the school around or (there is debate on
this date). Roland was Hollywood High School's first homegrown movie
star.She was hired by director Sidney Olcott who had seen her on stage
in New York City. She appeared in her first film, A Chance Shot, for
Kalem Studios in , becoming the leading actress of their new West
Coast studio. After Gene Gauntier's departure from Kalem, she became
billed as the new "Kalem Girl." She eventually became overseer of
"Kalem House" where all the actors lived.[citation needed]
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