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- Birth nameViva Ruth Lawrence
- Viva Ruth Liles was born in Buttermilk, Arkansas, USA. Viva Ruth was a writer and producer, known for Wonder Valley (1953). Viva Ruth was married to Harry C. Liles. Viva Ruth died on May 13, 2003 in Russellville, Arkansas, USA.
- SpouseHarry C. Liles(? - June 2, 1936) (filed for divorce, 2 children)
- Mother of Mirna Liles.
- Produced the first movie made entirely in Arkansas, Wonder Valley, filmed in 1951.
- In 1961, Liles had initial architectural drawings done for what was to be called the Viva Casino and Hotel, with plans to build at Las Vegas Boulevard and Fulcher Street in Las Vegas. The casino and hotel were never built.
- According to articles in the Phoenix, Arizona Republic of August 24, 1955, and the San Bernardino County Sun of Saturday, July 21, 1956, Viva Liles, identified as a "Los Angeles motion picture producer," had filed a $4,500,000 damage suit in U. S. District Court, seeking custody of her two children among other things. The children, Mirna Ruth, 17, and Gary Ken Liles, 14, told judges they preferred to live with "Three Shades," their aunt, Imogene Rippey of Oklahoma City, and the court sided with the children's wishes. Liles also sought one million dollars for losses in the motion picture production, "The Little League," and asked $100,000 for loss of cash from lock boxes, $100,000. for loss of equipment and three million dollars for loss of the value of about 250 uranium claims along the Colorado River that were to be inherited by the children after their father, Harry C. Liles, was killed in an airplane crash near Cortez, CO, in May 1955. This was later tied to the failure of Vera Liles to build a planned Casino in Las Vegas, in that Harry Liles was to be the main financial backer using his uranium claims. The Liles had filed for divorce in Oklahoma in 1936 but it is uncertain as to whether or not the divorce was ever finalized, since the 1955 Arizona Republic article states that "The Liles were divorced two years ago".
- Mother of Gary Liles.
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