Ruby Lafayette
Ruby Lafayette (July 22, 1844 – April 3, 1935) was an American film actress, known for Sue of the South (1919), Big Bob (1921) and The Man Trap (1917). She died in Los Angeles on April 3, 1935.
Ruby Lafayette

Screen Classics Inc. / Metro Pictures Corporation · Exhibitors Herald (Apr. - Jun. 1920) on the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Name
- Ruby Lafayette
- Born
- 22 July 1844
- Birthplace
- Augusta, Kentucky, U.S.
- Died
- 3 April 1935
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Spouse
- John T.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Ruby Lafayette (July 22, 1844 – April 3, 1935) was an American film actress, known for Sue of the South (1919), Big Bob (1921) and The Man Trap (1917). She died in Los Angeles on April 3, 1935.
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• Name — Ruby Lafayette • Born — 22 July 1844 • Birthplace — Augusta, Kentucky, U.S. • Died — 3 April 1935 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Spouse — John T. Curran • Years Active — 1917–1932 • Illustration — Ruby Lafayette with Lon Chaney in The Miracle Man (1919)
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Filmography
• Mother O' Mine - Mrs. Standing - 1917 • The Man Trap - Mrs. Mull - 1917 • The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin - Grandmother Marcas - 1917 • Beauty in Chains - Doña Perfecta (as Ruby La Fayette) - 1918 • Three Mounted Men - Mrs. Masters - 1918 • The Yellow Dog - Mrs. Blakely - 1918 • The Strange Woman - Mrs. Hemingway - 1918 • Sue of the South - Granny Sue Gordon (as Ruby La Fayette) - 1918 • Rustling a Bride - Aunt (as Ruby LaFayette) - 1919 • Cyclone Smith Plays Trumps (Short) - 1919 • In His Brother's Place - Amanda Drake (as Ruby La Fayette) - 1919 • The Miracle Man – (uncredited) old lady Chaney pushes in wheelbarrow - 1919 • Toby's Bow - Grandmother - 1919 • Polly of the Storm Country - Granny Hope - 1920 • Old Lady 31 - Granny - 1920 • Big Bob (Short) - Bob's Mother - 1920 • Borderland - Eileen - 1921 • Catch My Smoke - Mrs. Archer - 1922 • The Power of a Lie - Mrs. Hammond - 1922 • Hollywood - Grandmother Whitaker - 1922 • The Day of Faith - Granny Maynard - 1923 • The Phantom Horseman - Maxwell's Mother - 1924 • Idle Tongues - Miss Pepper - 1924 • Tomorrow's Love - Grandmother - 1925 • The Coming of Amos - Nadia's Nurse - 1925 • The Wedding Song - Mother - 1925 • Butterflies in the Rain - Mrs. Humphries - 1925 • Marriage by Contract - Grandma - 1926 • Not So Dumb - Grandma (uncredited) 1928 • If I Had a Million - Idylwood Resident (uncredited) 1932

The Miracle Man is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney and based on a 1914 play by George M. Cohan, which in turn is based on the novel of the same title by Frank L. Packard. The film was released by Paramount Pictures.
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Ruby Lafayette, silent film actress Subjects (LCTGM): actresses
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1844
Ruby Lafayette was born on 22 July 1844.
1935
Ruby Lafayette died at Woodland Hills.
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