Ruth Shepley (May , - October , ) was an American stage actress from
Providence, Rhode Island who appeared in comedies such as It Pays to
Advertise (). A Broadway performer, she was trim, with blonde hair,
and medium height. She was educated in Paris. Shepley was a close
friend of Helen Hayes and Douglas Fairbanks Sr..Shepley's debut as an
actress came in at the Bijou Theatre. She appeared in All For A Girl.
Subsequent performances at the same venue included acting in A
Gentleman of Leisure (), The Brute (), The Fatted Calf (), Nearly
Married (), and It Pays To Advertise (). Quite a few of her early
stage work came under the management of David Belasco and George M.
Cohan.Her most noted production was The Boomerang () in which Shepley
played the part of Grace Tyler at the Belasco Theatre. In Shepley
appeared at the Cort Theatre in Her Salary Man. The following year she
made her first London performance in Lawful Larceny. Her final work as
an actress came with Helen Hayes in Ladies and Gentlemen (), a
production staged in Santa Barbara, California.During World War I
Shepley was a captain in the American Women's Voluntary Services. In
World War II she was featured in an eight-month tour of the Pacific
Rim in Dear Ruth. The entertainment was under the auspices of the
United Services Organization.
Providence, Rhode Island who appeared in comedies such as It Pays to
Advertise (). A Broadway performer, she was trim, with blonde hair,
and medium height. She was educated in Paris. Shepley was a close
friend of Helen Hayes and Douglas Fairbanks Sr..Shepley's debut as an
actress came in at the Bijou Theatre. She appeared in All For A Girl.
Subsequent performances at the same venue included acting in A
Gentleman of Leisure (), The Brute (), The Fatted Calf (), Nearly
Married (), and It Pays To Advertise (). Quite a few of her early
stage work came under the management of David Belasco and George M.
Cohan.Her most noted production was The Boomerang () in which Shepley
played the part of Grace Tyler at the Belasco Theatre. In Shepley
appeared at the Cort Theatre in Her Salary Man. The following year she
made her first London performance in Lawful Larceny. Her final work as
an actress came with Helen Hayes in Ladies and Gentlemen (), a
production staged in Santa Barbara, California.During World War I
Shepley was a captain in the American Women's Voluntary Services. In
World War II she was featured in an eight-month tour of the Pacific
Rim in Dear Ruth. The entertainment was under the auspices of the
United Services Organization.
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