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Also Known As Wesley Heinsch Ruggles
Born June 11, 1889 • Los Angeles • California
Died January 8, 1972 (aged 82) • Santa Monica
Notable Works “Are These Our Children?” • “Arizona” • “Bolero” • “Cimarron” • “I Met Him in Paris” • “No Man of Her Own” • “Somewhere I’ll Find You” • “Street Girl” • “The Gilded Lily” • “Too Many Husbands” • “True Confession” • “Valiant Is the Word for Carrie”

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