Ruth Mix, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ruth Mix

American actress

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1912

Place of Birth: Dewey, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1977

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ruth Mix

  • Nadine Ruth Mix (July 13, 1912 – September 21, 1977) 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 father's footsteps.
  • In the mid-1920s she starred in several silent films.
  • 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 father's 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.

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