Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 â€" May 12, 1941) was an actress
and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started
at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows.Ruth Stonehouse was
born to James Wesley Stonehouse (1869â€"1958) and Georgia C. Worster
on September 28, 1892 in Denver, Colorado. Her father was the founder
of Stonehouse Signs Inc. According to the 1900 Census for Laurence
Town, Teller County, Colorado, she lived with her father, James, a
sign writer, and her grandmother, Eda Stonehouse, along with her
sister, Hazel, who was a year younger. By 1910, she was living with
her mother, Georgia Stonehouse, a stenographer, and her sister, Hazel,
in Chicago, Illinois. Curiously, her mother lists herself as a widow
on the 1910 Census, when James Stonehouse can be found residing in
Arizona. Her parents were divorced around 1902. Before her film
career, she was a reporter for a Chicago, Illinois newspaper, and
contributed short stories to magazines.Stonehouse worked for Triangle
Film Corporation and Universal Pictures during a career which extended
from 1911 until 1928. A few years prior in 1907, she was a founding
member of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. She also signed on to
work on Cyrus J. Williams' productions. Having experience here helped
Stonehouse begin her directing career later on as she moved to
different stations. Her androgynous appearance was most apparent in
the role of Nancy Glenn and in the 1917 motion picture, The Edge of
the Law. She performed in comedies and dramas such as the patriotic
film Doing Her Bit (1917), which was directed by Jack Conway.
and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started
at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows.Ruth Stonehouse was
born to James Wesley Stonehouse (1869â€"1958) and Georgia C. Worster
on September 28, 1892 in Denver, Colorado. Her father was the founder
of Stonehouse Signs Inc. According to the 1900 Census for Laurence
Town, Teller County, Colorado, she lived with her father, James, a
sign writer, and her grandmother, Eda Stonehouse, along with her
sister, Hazel, who was a year younger. By 1910, she was living with
her mother, Georgia Stonehouse, a stenographer, and her sister, Hazel,
in Chicago, Illinois. Curiously, her mother lists herself as a widow
on the 1910 Census, when James Stonehouse can be found residing in
Arizona. Her parents were divorced around 1902. Before her film
career, she was a reporter for a Chicago, Illinois newspaper, and
contributed short stories to magazines.Stonehouse worked for Triangle
Film Corporation and Universal Pictures during a career which extended
from 1911 until 1928. A few years prior in 1907, she was a founding
member of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. She also signed on to
work on Cyrus J. Williams' productions. Having experience here helped
Stonehouse begin her directing career later on as she moved to
different stations. Her androgynous appearance was most apparent in
the role of Nancy Glenn and in the 1917 motion picture, The Edge of
the Law. She performed in comedies and dramas such as the patriotic
film Doing Her Bit (1917), which was directed by Jack Conway.
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