Ruby Lafayette

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1844-07-22 (91 years old)

Deathday

1935-04-03

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.

Acting

1917

The Man Trap

as Mrs. Mull

1920

1925

1919

In His Brother's Place

as Amanda Drake

1932

If I Had a Million

as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)

1926

Butterflies in the Rain

as Mrs. Humphries

1918

The Yellow Dog

as Mrs. Blakely

1923

The Day of Faith

as Granny Maynard

1918

Three Mounted Men

as Mrs Masters

1923

Hollywood

as Grandmother Whitaker

1918

Beauty in Chains

as Doña Perfecta (as Ruby La Fayette)

1924

The Phantom Horseman

as Maxwell's Mother

1917

Mother o' Mine

as Mrs. Standing

1919

Sue of the South

as Granny Sue Gordon

1922

Catch My Smoke

as Mrs. Archer

1924

Idle Tongues

as Miss Pepper

1920

Old Lady 31

as Granny

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