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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress. Her father was the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. She began her stage career at the age of 17 in 1913, in The Quaker Girl. Her Broadway debut brought her to the attention of George M. Cohan, who proceeded to cast her in numerous comic-relief roles in such musicals as Going Up (1917). Though she made her first film appearance in 1913, her Hollywood career began in earnest in 1931 and lasted until 1957. In her films she often played the wife of Guy Kibbee (Footlight Parade, Wonder Bar, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). Among her roles was the part of Sister Michael in The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Autumn Leaves | Liz Eckhart | 1956-08-01 |
Movie | A Lawless Street | Molly Higgins | 1955-11-15 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Duchess | 1955-12-23 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Glory White | 1951-02-17 |
Movie | The Wild Blue Yonder | Maj. Ida Winton | 1951-12-05 |
Movie | The Secret of Convict Lake | Mary Fancher | 1951-07-29 |
Movie | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Martha | 1950-07-07 |
Movie | The Snake Pit | Ruth | 1948-11-04 |
Movie | Fighting Father Dunne | Kate Mulvey | 1948-05-12 |
Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Minerva Van Dorn | 1947-06-19 |
Movie | The Ghost Goes Wild | Aunt Susan Beecher | 1947-08-08 |
Movie | The Fabulous Texan | Utopia Mills | 1947-11-09 |
Movie | Cinderella Jones | Cora Elliot | 1946-03-09 |
Movie | Cross My Heart | Eve Harper | 1946-12-18 |
Movie | In Old Sacramento | Zebby Booker | 1946-05-31 |
Movie | Pillow to Post | Mrs. Grace Wingate | 1945-06-09 |
Movie | The Bells of St. Mary's | Sister Michael | 1945-12-27 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
Movie | This Is the Army | Mrs. O'Brien | 1943-08-14 |
Movie | Sleepy Lagoon | Sarah Rogers | 1943-09-05 |
Movie | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Nurse Hamilton | 1943-09-25 |
Movie | Johnny Doughboy | Biggy Biggsworth | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | The Roundup | Polly Hope | 1941-04-03 |
Movie | Model Wife | Mrs. Milo Everett | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | The Gay Vagabond | Kate Dixon | 1941-05-12 |
Movie | Rise and Shine | Mame Bacon | 1941-11-21 |
Movie | You Belong to Me | Emma | 1941-10-22 |
Movie | Sailors on Leave | Aunt Navy | 1941-09-30 |
Movie | Scatterbrain | Miss Stevens | 1940-07-20 |
Movie | My Little Chickadee | Aunt Lou | 1940-02-09 |
Movie | Meet the Missus | Lil Higgins | 1940-11-29 |
Movie | The Family Next Door | Mrs. Rose Pierce | 1939-03-30 |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Emma Hopper | 1939-10-19 |
Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Effie Perkins | 1939-11-22 |
Movie | Army Girl | Leila Kennett | 1938-08-11 |
Movie | The Affairs of Annabel | Josephine | 1938-09-09 |
Movie | A Slight Case of Murder | Nora Marko | 1938-02-26 |
Movie | Personal Secretary | Grumpy | 1938-09-09 |
Movie | Annabel Takes a Tour | Josephine | 1938-11-10 |
Movie | Meet the Girls | Daisy Watson | 1938-10-06 |
Movie | Roaring Timber | Aunt Mary | 1937-07-03 |
Movie | Portia on Trial | Jane Wilkins | 1937-11-08 |
Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Mabel Dawson | 1936-04-09 |
Movie | 13 Hours by Air | Vi Johnson | 1936-04-30 |
Movie | Song and Dance Man | Patsy O'Madigan | 1936-03-11 |
Movie | Fatal Lady | Melba York | 1936-05-15 |
Movie | More Than a Secretary | Helen Davis | 1936-12-10 |
Movie | Cain and Mabel | Aunt Mimi | 1936-09-26 |
Movie | Traveling Saleslady | Mrs. Twitchell | 1935-03-28 |
Movie | Maybe It's Love | Florrie Sands | 1935-01-12 |
Movie | The White Cockatoo | Mrs. Byng | 1935-01-29 |
Movie | Alibi Ike | Bess | 1935-06-15 |
Movie | Red Salute | Mrs. Edith Rooney | 1935-09-12 |
Movie | Personal Maid's Secret | Lizzie | 1935-10-26 |
Movie | Hands Across the Table | Laura | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | Merry Wives of Reno | Lois | 1934-04-18 |
Movie | Mandalay | Mrs. George Peters | 1934-02-10 |
Movie | Heat Lightning | Mrs. Ashton-Ashley | 1934-03-01 |
Movie | Wonder Bar | Emma Simpson | 1934-03-31 |
Movie | Housewife | Dora Wilson | 1934-08-11 |
Movie | Happiness Ahead | Anna | 1934-10-27 |
Movie | Romance in the Rain | Miss Sparks | 1934-08-13 |
Movie | Lilly Turner | Edna Yokum | 1933-05-13 |
Movie | Private Detective 62 | Amy Moran | 1933-06-10 |
Movie | Employees' Entrance | Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary | 1933-02-11 |
Movie | Hard to Handle | Lil Waters | 1933-01-28 |
Movie | Just Around the Corner | Mrs. Sears | 1933-01-17 |
Movie | Sing, Sinner, Sing | Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan | 1933-08-16 |
Movie | Ladies They Talk About | Noonan | 1933-02-04 |
Movie | How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points | 1933-08-04 | |
Movie | Goodbye Again | Richview Hotel Maid | 1933-09-09 |
Movie | Convention City | Mrs. Ellerbe | 1933-12-14 |
Movie | Female | Miss Frothingham | 1933-11-11 |
Movie | Havana Widows | Mrs. Emily Jones | 1933-11-18 |
Movie | Ever in My Heart | Lizzie | 1933-10-28 |
Movie | Bureau of Missing Persons | Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris | 1933-09-16 |
Movie | Footlight Parade | Mrs. Harriet Gould | 1933-10-21 |
Movie | Make Me a Star | The Countess | 1932-07-01 |
Movie | Blessed Event | Miss Stevens | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | Jewel Robbery | Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
Movie | The Spider | Mrs. Wimbledon | 1931-09-23 |
Movie | Wicked | Fanny | 1931-10-04 |