Ruth Clifford
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-02-16
Day of Death
1998-11-30 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Ruth Clifford
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruth Clifford (February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998) was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from silent days into the television era. Clifford got work as an extra and began her career at 15 at Universal, in fairly substantial roles. She received her first film credit for her work in Behind the Lines (1916).
By her mid-twenties, she was playing leads and second leads, including the role of Abraham Lincoln's lost love, Ann Rutledge, in The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924). But sound pictures found her roles diminishing, and throughout the next three decades she played smaller and smaller parts.
She was a favorite of director John Ford (they played bridge together), who used her in eight films, but rarely in substantial roles. She was also, for a time, the voice of Walt Disney's Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck.
Clifford's obituary in the Los Angeles Times noted that she "became a prime source for historians of the silent screen era".
Known For
Acting
(1998)
Mickey's Family Album
as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice)
(1993)
(1968)
Funny Girl
as Maid (uncredited)
(1961)
Two Rode Together
as Woman (uncredited)
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
(1958)
The Last Hurrah
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1957)
Designing Woman
as Vanessa Cole
(1956)
The Searchers
as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
(1955)
The Cobweb
as Mrs. Jenkins
(1952)
The Quiet Man
as Mother (uncredited)
(1952)
Pluto's Christmas Tree
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Sunset Boulevard
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
(1950)
Whirlpool
as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
(1950)
Wagon Master
as Fleuretty Phyffe
(1950)
Key to the City
as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
(1949)
Not Wanted
as Mrs. Stone
(1949)
Father Was a Fullback
as Neighbor
(1949)
Pluto's Sweater
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
You're My Everything
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1949)
Free For All
as Miss Berry (uncredited)
(1948)
3 Godfathers
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
(1948)
Cry of the City
as Nurse
(1948)
The Luck of the Irish
as Secretary
(1948)
Donald's Dream Voice
as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Hazard
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1947)
Mother Wore Tights
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
(1947)
Figaro and Frankie
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Mickey's Delayed Date
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
(1946)
Shock
as Mrs. Margaret Cross
(1946)
Bath Day
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
(1945)
The Spider
as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
(1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
(1944)
The Lodger
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
(1944)
First Aiders
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Coney Island
as Saloon Patron
(1942)
Holiday Inn
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
(1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
(1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Ruth (uncredited)
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1941)
Road to Happiness
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
(1941)
Cadet Girl
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
(1941)
Mr. Celebrity
as Woman In Convertible
(1941)
Along the Rio Grande
as Paula
(1940)
Lillian Russell
as Extra
(1940)
Free, Blonde and 21
as Nurse
(1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Mrs. Finney
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
(1939)
Swanee River
as Bit Role
(1939)
Wife, Husband and Friend
as Seamstress
(1938)
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Nurse
(1938)
Four Men and a Prayer
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1938)
Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. Hensley
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Nurse
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
(1935)
Stolen Harmony
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
She Married Her Boss
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
(1935)
She Married Her Boss
as Shopper
(1935)
Let's Live Tonight
as American
(1934)
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Secretary
(1934)
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Friend of Miss Fane
(1934)
Woman Unafraid
as Kate
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Frightened Balkan Passenger
(1934)
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Eleanor (Uncredited)
(1933)
(1933)
Face in the Sky
as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
(1933)
The Constant Woman
as Speakeasy Floozie
(1933)
The Hitchhiker
as Adolph's Wife
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
(1929)
The Devil's Apple Tree
as Jane Morris
(1929)
The Eternal Woman
as Doris Forbes
(1927)
The Thrill Seekers
as Adrean Wainwright
(1927)
Don Mike
as Mary Kelsey
(1926)
Brooding Eyes
as Joan Ayre
(1925)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Ballerina (uncredited)
(1925)
The Tornado
as Ruth Travers
(1925)
As Man Desires
as Gloria Gordon
(1924)
Butterfly
as Hilary Collier
(1924)
The Whispered Name
as Anne Gray
(1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
(1923)
Hell's Hole
as Dorothy Owen
(1923)
April Showers
as Miriam Welton
(1923)
The Dangerous Age
as Gloria Sanderson
(1923)
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Marion Trevor
(1923)
Ponjola
as Gay Lypiatt
(1923)
Mothers-in-Law
as Vianna Courtleigh
(1923)
Truxton King
as Lorraine
(1922)
My Dad
as Dawn
(1921)
Tropical Love
as Rosario
(1920)
The Invisible Ray
as Mystery
(1919)
The Millionaire Pirate
as The Girl
(1919)
The Game's Up
as Ruth Elliott
(1918)
Fires of Youth
as Lucille Linforth
(1918)
The Lure of Luxury
as Dale Aldis
(1918)
Hungry Eyes
as Mary Jane Appleton
(1918)
Midnight Madness
as Gertrude Temple
(1918)
The Cabaret Girl
as Ann Reid
(1918)
Hands Down
as Hilda Stuyvesant
(1917)
The Savage
as Marie Louise
(1917)
Eternal Love
as Mignon
(1917)
The Door Between
as Heloise Crocker
(1917)
The Desire of the Moth
as Stella Vorhis
(1917)
Polly Put the Kettle On
as Polly Vance
(1917)
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
as Clara Hawthorne
(1917)
Mother o' Mine
as Catherine Thurston
(1917)
A Kentucky Cinderella
as Nannie
(1916)
Behind the Lines
as Camilla