Ruby Lafayette

Personal Info

Birthday

July 22, 1844

Day of Death

1935-04-03

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Augusta, Kentucky, USA

Ruby Lafayette

Biography

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 was married to John T. Curran. At age 82, Lafayette nearly died from injuries sustained when she was hit by a motorist. She died in Los Angeles on April 3, 1935.

Known For

Hollywood

If I Had a Million

The Day of Faith

Catch My Smoke

Idle Tongues

Polly of the Storm Country

The Yellow Dog

Sue of the South

Filmography

1932
If I Had a Million
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
1926
Butterflies in the Rain
as Mrs. Humphries
1925
The Wedding Song
as Mother
1924
Idle Tongues
as Miss Pepper
The Phantom Horseman
as Maxwell's Mother
1923
The Day of Faith
as Granny Maynard
Hollywood
as Grandmother Whitaker
1922
Catch My Smoke
as Mrs. Archer
1920
Old Lady 31
as Granny
Polly of the Storm Country
as Granny Hope
1919
In His Brother's Place
as Amanda Drake
Sue of the South
as Granny Sue Gordon
1918
The Yellow Dog
as Mrs. Blakely
Three Mounted Men
as Mrs Masters
Beauty in Chains
as Doña Perfecta (as Ruby La Fayette)
1917
The Man Trap
as Mrs. Mull
Mother o' Mine
as Mrs. Standing