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(13 July 1912, Dewey, Oklahoma - 21
September 1977, Corpus Christi, Texas)
 Birth
Name: Nadine Ruth Jane Mix
Ruth Mix was the real-life daughter of silver screen legend Tom Mix,
and was born in Oklahoma in 1912 to Mix and Olive Stokes Mix. She
was doing silent films in the mid 1920s.
Despite his clout in the industry, Tom Mix's brunette daughter
enjoyed only a rather sporadic screen career. At age 14 she starred
in at least three Westerns produced by Ward Lascelle, but they
quickly disappeared among the usual flotsam of poverty row quickies
and she abandoned films in favor of vaudeville. A stint with the
Earl Carroll's Vanities was none too successful and neither was a
brief marriage to Broadway actor Douglas Gilmore which papa Mix
reportedly had annulled. Ruth Mix returned to the screen in four
cheap Westerns with Rex Bell and former child actor Buzz Barton from
1934 to 1935, and there were several serials from low-budget company
Stage and Screen. But producers apparently thought the Mix name
would be enough and gave her very little to work with. Leaving
Hollywood for good in 1936, Ruth Mix traveled with her father's wild
west show before retiring to private life with her second husband, a
rancher.
In total, Ruth Mix made a dozen or so westerns and serials, none of
which were for the major production companies. |
