Ruth Donnelly
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.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Emma HopperAfter the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his...
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The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sister MichaelFather O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation....
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Mabel DawsonLongfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies...
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
as MarthaA police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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Ladies They Talk About
as NoonanA moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
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The Snake Pit
as RuthVirginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her...
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Autumn Leaves
as Liz EckhartA woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.
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Footlight Parade
as Mrs. Harriet GouldA fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife...
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Nurse HamiltonAn Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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My Little Chickadee
as Aunt LouWhile on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a...
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Hands Across the Table
as LauraA manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
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Make Me a Star
as The CountessA grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and...
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Employees' Entrance
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretaryKurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He...
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Pillow to Post
as Mrs. Grace WingateWith a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So...
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Jewel Robbery
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of...
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The Secret of Convict Lake
as Mary FancherAfter a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of...
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A Lawless Street
as Molly HigginsA Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out...
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You Belong to Me
as EmmaA playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.
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The Spoilers
as DuchessIn 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their...
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A Slight Case of Murder
as Nora MarkoFormer bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective...
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Female
as Miss FrothinghamAlison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world...
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This Is the Army
as Mrs. O'BrienIn WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank....
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...
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13 Hours by Air
as Vi JohnsonWomanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to...
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The Affairs of Annabel
as JosephineWonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to...
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Wicked
as FannyMargot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber...
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Effie PerkinsKenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...
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Alibi Ike
as BessIdiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his...
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Blessed Event
as Miss StevensA New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
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The White Cockatoo
as Mrs. ByngIn a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the...
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Portia on Trial
as Jane WilkinsLady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather...
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Maybe It's Love
as Florrie SandsDirector William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple...
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Private Detective 62
as Amy MoranA former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is...
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Heat Lightning
as Mrs. Ashton-AshleyA lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
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Hard to Handle
as Lil WatersA hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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Bureau of Missing Persons
as Gwendolyn 'Pete' HarrisButch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police...
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Cain and Mabel
as Aunt MimiA chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.
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Annabel Takes a Tour
as JosephineAnnabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a...
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Fighting Father Dunne
as Kate MulveyA dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
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Romance in the Rain
as Miss SparksThe publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a...
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Glory WhiteA minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in...
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Fatal Lady
as Melba YorkOn her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the...
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More Than a Secretary
as Helen DavisWhen the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs...
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The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Ida WintonWendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In...
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Havana Widows
as Mrs. Emily JonesTwo golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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The Roundup
as Polly HopeOriginally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest...
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Housewife
as Dora WilsonNan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of...
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Model Wife
as Mrs. Milo EverettComplications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.
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The Spider
as Mrs. WimbledonLowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his...
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The Family Next Door
as Mrs. Rose PierceRose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of...
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Cinderella Jones
as Cora ElliotJudy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
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Mandalay
as Mrs. George PetersAbandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to...
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Goodbye Again
as Richview Hotel MaidFlirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her...
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Sailors on Leave
as Aunt NavyIf a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.
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The Fabulous Texan
as Utopia MillsA couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into...
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Meet the Missus
as Lil HigginsGran Higgins falls under the spell of a love-starved widow.
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The Ghost Goes Wild
as Aunt Susan BeecherYoung artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he...
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Traveling Saleslady
as Mrs. TwitchellA toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of...
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Little Miss Broadway
as Minerva Van DornUpon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially...
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Personal Maid's Secret
as LizzieA longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is...
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Army Girl
as Leila KennettA young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces...
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Rubber Heels
as Fanny PrattA European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang...
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Rise and Shine
as Mame BaconThe college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking...
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Ever in My Heart
as LizzieWorld War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
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Roaring Timber
as Aunt MaryJim Sherwood , toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his toughest assignment...
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Meet the Girls
as Daisy WatsonEntertainers lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must...
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Cross My Heart
as Eve HarperA compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her...
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Wonder Bar
as Emma SimpsonHarry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with...
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Breakdowns of 1944
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
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The Way to the Gold
as Mrs. WilliamsFollowing his release from prison, an ex-con heads straight for a cache of gold buried somewhere...
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Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the massive preparation in the production of Cosmopolitan's lavish...
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Lilly Turner
as Edna YokumOne woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a...
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Song and Dance Man
as Patsy O'MadiganJulia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of...
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Johnny Doughboy
as Biggy BiggsworthAs sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career,...
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The Rainbow Trail
as Widow AbigailThe wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between...
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Happiness Ahead
as AnnaSociety heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by...
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Red Salute
as Mrs. Edith RooneyThe rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to...
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Millie's Daughter
as Helen ReillyAn errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a...
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In Old Sacramento
as Zebby BookerDashing Johnny Barrett has a secret identity: Spanish Jack, the masked bandit. Always one step...
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The Gay Vagabond
as Kate DixonFarce of identical twins and a wife who takes up real estate business.
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Convention City
as Mrs. EllerbeExtra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
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Scatterbrain
as Miss StevensA Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie...
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Merry Wives of Reno
as LoisThree couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
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Personal Secretary
as GrumpyTwo rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.
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Sleepy Lagoon
as Sarah RogersYoung radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after...
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Petticoat Politics
as Lil HigginsPa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both...
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Just Around the Corner
as Mrs. SearsPromotional short produced by General Electric for release through Warner Bros. to advertise...
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Cavalcade of America
as Ma DolanCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
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