Ruth Adams

born: 17 June 1905 Trinidad, Colorado, California, United States of America

died: 04 March 1972 San Francisco, California, United States of America (age 66)

Actress/stuntwoman; she was a stand-in for actress Thelma Todd. She picked the name "Ruth" just because she liked it, according to her niece Mary Cox. Per the 1930 Census, her father was born in Pennsylvania, and her mother in Colorado. She was living in San Francisco at the time of Thelma Todd's death. Four months afterward, she married San Francisco engineer Ralph Waldo Fayle (1909-1978). She was awarded an interlocutory divorce decree from him on 2 December 1937, charging him with intoxication and cruelty. In Aug of 1923 in Detroit, MI she married JOHN T. RAGLAND who was 10 years her senior. In Jan of 1929 in LA she was granted a divorce based on the grounds that "HE WAS LAZY" since the first few months of marriage! At least one source lists an incorrect birth date of 28 June 1905.

Real name: Teresa Irene Adams Height: 5'8"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1932 The Soilers Woman in revolving door/ Stunts for Thelma Todd 1933 Asleep In The Feet Girl at front desk 1933 Maids A La Mode Thelma Todd's stand-in 1933 One Track Minds Train passenger 1934 Maid In Hollywood Thelma's stand-in Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXL-C57H (Sept. 1929 airplane passenger list, line 10) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJB-4JD (1930 Census, line 37) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/132876335/ (Oakland Tribune, 2 Dec 1937) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K982-8FM (1940 Census, line 22) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGTM-KZX (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGTM-KZX 1930 LACD: Adams Ruth slswn h5406 Lexington av 1932 LACD: Adams Ruth actor h5406 Lexington av 1934 LACD: Adams Ruth actor h823 Gower 1937 SF CD: Fayle Ralph (Ruth) r735 Baker https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/90381848/person/322042805877/facts (MARY COX: niece) https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1088&h=2710955&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=9093 (1915 KS State Census aged 10) https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=MI-Marriages&indiv=try&h=3030946 (1923 Marriage Detroit to RAGLAND) https://www.newspapers.com/image/385460554/?terms=%22RUTH%2BRAGLAND%22 (1929 Jan Divorce LA.) https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/15019570?pId=1135556296 (1935 CO step-Dad spiritualist medium) https://www.newspapers.com/image/665180740/?terms=%22RALPH%2BFAYLE%22&match=2 (1936 Double for THELMA TODD) Jesse Brisson (research notes and information; identification in One Track Minds, The Soilers, Maids A La Mode) Jim Jarvis (research and information) Mary Cox (Ruth Adams' niece) (information) This page was last updated on: 08 April 2024