Ruth Donnelly
Born: 1896-05-17 in North Trenton - New Jersey - USA
Died: 1982-11-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
- The Way to the Gold as Mrs. Williams
1956
- Autumn Leaves as Liz Eckhart
1955
- The Spoilers as Duchess
- A Lawless Street as Molly Higgins
1952
- Cavalcade of America as Ma Dolan
1951
- The Secret of Convict Lake as Mary Fancher
- The Wild Blue Yonder as Maj. Ida Winton
- I'd Climb the Highest Mountain as Glory White
1950
- Where the Sidewalk Ends as Martha
1948
- The Snake Pit as Ruth
- Fighting Father Dunne as Kate Mulvey
1947
- The Fabulous Texan as Utopia Mills
- Little Miss Broadway as Minerva Van Dorn
- Millie's Daughter as Helen Reilly
- The Ghost Goes Wild as Aunt Susan Beecher
1946
- Cinderella Jones as Cora Elliot
- Cross My Heart as Eve Harper
- In Old Sacramento as Zebby Booker
1945
- The Bells of St. Mary's as Sister Michael
- Pillow to Post as Mrs. Grace Wingate
1944
- Breakdowns of 1944 as Self
1943
- This Is the Army as Mrs. O'Brien
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Nurse Hamilton
- Sleepy Lagoon as Sarah Rogers
1942
- Johnny Doughboy as Biggy Biggsworth
1941
- You Belong to Me as Emma
- Petticoat Politics as Lil Higgins
- Rise and Shine as Mame Bacon
- The Roundup as Polly Hope
- Sailors on Leave as Aunt Navy
- Model Wife as Mrs. Milo Everett
- The Gay Vagabond as Kate Dixon
1940
- Scatterbrain as Miss Stevens
- My Little Chickadee as Aunt Lou
- Meet the Missus as Lil Higgins
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Emma Hopper
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Effie Perkins
- The Family Next Door as Mrs. Rose Pierce
1938
- Personal Secretary as Grumpy
- A Slight Case of Murder as Nora Marko
- Meet the Girls as Daisy Watson
- Annabel Takes a Tour as Josephine
- The Affairs of Annabel as Josephine
- Army Girl as Leila Kennett
1937
- Roaring Timber as Aunt Mary
- Portia on Trial as Jane Wilkins
1936
- 13 Hours by Air as Vi Johnson
- Cain and Mabel as Aunt Mimi
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Mabel Dawson
- Song and Dance Man as Patsy O'Madigan
- Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel as Self
- More Than a Secretary as Helen Davis
- Fatal Lady as Melba York
1935
- Traveling Saleslady as Mrs. Twitchell
- Red Salute as Mrs. Edith Rooney
- Personal Maid's Secret as Lizzie
- Maybe It's Love as Florrie Sands
- Hands Across the Table as Laura
- Alibi Ike as Bess
- The White Cockatoo as Mrs. Byng
1934
- Happiness Ahead as Anna
- Wonder Bar as Emma Simpson
- Heat Lightning as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
- Mandalay as Mrs. George Peters
- Housewife as Dora Wilson
- Romance in the Rain as Miss Sparks
- Merry Wives of Reno as Lois
1933
- Goodbye Again as Richview Hotel Maid
- Female as Miss Frothingham
- Ladies They Talk About as Noonan
- Havana Widows as Mrs. Emily Jones
- Bureau of Missing Persons as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
- Hard to Handle as Lil Waters
- Ever in My Heart as Lizzie
- Private Detective 62 as Amy Moran
- Sing, Sinner, Sing as Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
- How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points as Herself
- Employees' Entrance as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
- Just Around the Corner as Mrs. Sears
- Footlight Parade as Mrs. Harriet Gould
- Lilly Turner as Edna Yokum
- Convention City as Mrs. Ellerbe
1932
- Jewel Robbery as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
- Blessed Event as Miss Stevens
- Make Me a Star as The Countess
- The Rainbow Trail as Widow Abigail
1931
- The Spider as Mrs. Wimbledon
- Wicked as Fanny
1927
- Rubber Heels as Fanny Pratt