Ruth Chatterton

Ruth Chatterton was an American stage, film and television actress born on December 24, 1892. In 1911, Chatterton made her Broadway stage debut in The Great Name. Her greatest success onstage came in 1914 when she starred in the play Daddy Long Legs, adapted from the novel by Jean Webster. In 1924, Chatterton and her first husband, actor Ralph Forbes, moved to Los Angeles. With the help of Emil Jannings, she was cast in her first film role in Sins of the Fathers in 1928. That same year, she was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. Chatterton's first film for Paramount was also her first sound film, The Doctor's Secret, released in 1929. Chatterton was able to make the transition from silents to sound because of her stage experience. Later in 1929, Chatterton was loaned to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where she starred in Madame X. The film was a critical and box office success, and effectively launched Chatterton's career. For her work in the film, Chatterton received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. The following year, she starred in Sarah and Son, portraying an impoverished housewife who rises to fame and fortune as an opera singer. The film was another critical and financial success and Chatterton received a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Later that year, Chatterton was voted the second female star of the year, behind only Norma Shearer, in a poll conducted by the West Coast film exhibitors. In 1933, Chatterton starred in the successful Pre-Code comedy-drama Female. When she left Paramount Pictures, her initial home studio, for Warner Brothers, along with Kay Francis and William Powell, it was noted that the brothers Warner needed an infusion of "class". She co-starred in the film Dodsworth (1936), for Samuel Goldwyn, which is widely regarded as her finest film; giving what many considered an Oscar-worthy performance, although she was not nominated. Due to her age and the studios' focus on younger, more bankable stars, she moved to England and continued to star in films there. Chatterton's final film was A Royal Divorce (1938). Chatterton was married three times and had no children. After the death of her third husband in 1960, Chatterton lived alone in the home they shared near Redding, Connecticut. On November 21, 1961, she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while friends were visiting her home.[20] She was taken to Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut where she died on November 24, 1961.

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