Ruth Donnelly
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1896-05-17 (86 years old)
Deathday
1982-11-17
Place of Birth
North Trenton - New Jersey - USA
Also known As
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Ruth Donnelly
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). A...
Acting
1939
as Emma Hopper
1936
1936
as Mabel Dawson
1935
as Laura
1945
as Sister Michael
1941
as Lil Higgins
1932
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
1938
as Nora Marko
1933
as Mrs. Harriet Gould
1951
as Mary Fancher
1940
as Aunt Lou
1956
as Liz Eckhart
1955
as Molly Higgins
1932
as Miss Stevens
1943
as Mrs. O'Brien
1933
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
1948
as Ruth
1950
as Martha
1951
as Glory White
1933
as Amy Moran
1947
as Aunt Susan Beecher
1933
as Miss Frothingham
1933
as Edna Yokum
1934
as Lois
1941
as Emma
1938
as Josephine
1945
as Mrs. Grace Wingate
1935
as Bess
1934
as Emma Simpson
1935
as Lizzie
1933
as Lizzie
1933
as Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
1939
as Effie Perkins
1951
as Maj. Ida Winton
1936
as Aunt Mimi
1934
as Dora Wilson
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1936
as Helen Davis
1935
as Florrie Sands
1938
as Leila Kennett
1947
as Utopia Mills
1935
as Mrs. Byng
1957
as Mrs. Williams
1933
as Mrs. Sears
1933
as Richview Hotel Maid
1933
as Mrs. Emily Jones
1936
as Vi Johnson
1933
as Mrs. Ellerbe
1938
as Grumpy
1934
as Mrs. George Peters
1933
as Lil Waters
1940
as Miss Stevens
1938
as Josephine
1946
as Eve Harper
1948
as Kate Mulvey
1931
as Mrs. Wimbledon
1936
as Melba York
1934
as Anna
1939
as Mrs. Rose Pierce
1934
as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
1946
as Cora Elliot
1933
as Noonan
1937
as Jane Wilkins
1941
as Kate Dixon
1941
as Aunt Navy
1935
as Mrs. Twitchell
1936
as Patsy O'Madigan
1941
as Polly Hope
1932
as The Countess
1933
as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
1935
as Mrs. Edith Rooney
1938
as Daisy Watson
1946
as Zebby Booker
1955
as Duchess
1941
as Mrs. Milo Everett
1947
as Minerva Van Dorn
1940
as Lil Higgins
1944
as Self
1937
as Aunt Mary
1942
as Biggy Biggsworth
1933
as Herself
1931
as Fanny
1941
as Mame Bacon
1934
as Miss Sparks
1943
as Sarah Rogers
1932
as Widow Abigail
1947
as Helen Reilly
1943
as Nurse Hamilton
1927
as Fanny Pratt
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