Ruth Mix
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Nadine Ruth Mix was the daughter of western film star Tom Mix
, and a B-movie
actress during the 1930s.
Born in Dewey, Oklahoma
, to Tom and Olive Stokes Mix, she started her acting career following in her fathers footsteps. In the mid-1920s she starred in several silent film
s. She made a total of twelve westerns, particularly The Tonto Kid
, Fighting Pioneers, Saddle Aces and Gunfire, all made in 1935. In 1936 she starred in three cliffhanger
serials, The Black Coin, The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand, and Custer's Last Stand.
She played the female lead in a few B-westerns, starring alongside Wally Walls and Hoot Gibson
. She then retired from acting and began taking the lead role for her fathers circus
and wild west show
. That business went bankrupt by the end of the 1930s, during the Great Depression
. After that, she all but disappeared from acting circles. Some accounts say that she died in 1972, but it is most commonly believed that she died in 1977.
Tom Mix
Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent features...
, and a B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
actress during the 1930s.
Born in Dewey, Oklahoma
Dewey, Oklahoma
Dewey is a city in Washington County, Oklahoma, United States. Founded by Jacob A. Bartles in 1899, the town was named for Admiral George Dewey. It was incorporated December 8, 1905...
, to Tom and Olive Stokes Mix, she started her acting career following in her fathers footsteps. In the mid-1920s she starred in several silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
s. She made a total of twelve westerns, particularly The Tonto Kid
The Tonto Kid
- Cast :*Rex Bell as "Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid*Ruth Mix as Nancy Cahill*Buzz Barton as Wesley Fritch*Theodore Lorch as Lawyer Sam Creech*Joseph W. Girard as Rance Cartwright*Barbara Roberts as Edna May Cartwright...
, Fighting Pioneers, Saddle Aces and Gunfire, all made in 1935. In 1936 she starred in three cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction...
serials, The Black Coin, The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand, and Custer's Last Stand.
She played the female lead in a few B-westerns, starring alongside Wally Walls and Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson was an American rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer.-Early life and career:...
. She then retired from acting and began taking the lead role for her fathers circus
Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
and wild west show
Wild West Shows
Wild West Shows were traveling vaudeville performances in the United States and Europe. The first and prototypical wild west show was Buffalo Bill's, formed in 1883 and lasting until 1913...
. That business went bankrupt by the end of the 1930s, during the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
. After that, she all but disappeared from acting circles. Some accounts say that she died in 1972, but it is most commonly believed that she died in 1977.