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)
Pluto's Christmas Tree
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1952)
The Quiet Man
as Mother (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)
(1950)
Pluto and the Gopher
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
(1949)
Pluto's Sweater
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
You're My Everything
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1949)
Not Wanted
as Mrs. Stone
(1949)
Father Was a Fullback
as Neighbor
(1949)
Free For All
as Miss Berry (uncredited)
(1948)
Hazard
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1948)
Donald's Dream Voice
as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Cry of the City
as Nurse
(1948)
3 Godfathers
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
(1948)
The Luck of the Irish
as Secretary
(1947)
Mickey's Delayed Date
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
(1947)
Mother Wore Tights
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
(1947)
Figaro and Frankie
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
Bath Day
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
(1946)
Shock
as Mrs. Margaret Cross
(1945)
The Spider
as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1944)
The Lodger
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
(1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Sister Mercy Mary (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)
Road to Happiness
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1941)
Along the Rio Grande
as Paula
(1941)
Mr. Celebrity
as Woman In Convertible
(1941)
Cadet Girl
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
(1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Mrs. Finney
(1940)
Lillian Russell
as Extra
(1940)
Free, Blonde and 21
as Nurse
(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)
Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. Hensley
(1938)
Four Men and a Prayer
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Nurse
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
(1935)
Stolen Harmony
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
(1935)
Let's Live Tonight
as American
(1935)
She Married Her Boss
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
(1935)
She Married Her Boss
as Shopper
(1934)
(1934)
Woman Unafraid
as Kate
(1934)
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Friend of Miss Fane
(1934)
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Secretary
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Frightened Balkan Passenger
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Eleanor (Uncredited)
(1933)
(1933)
The Constant Woman
as Speakeasy Floozie
(1933)
Face in the Sky
as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
(1933)
The Hitchhiker
as Adolph's Wife
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
(1929)
The Eternal Woman
as Doris Forbes
(1929)
The Devil's Apple Tree
as Jane Morris
(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)
The Whispered Name
as Anne Gray
(1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
(1924)
Butterfly
as Hilary Collier
(1923)
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Marion Trevor
(1923)
Truxton King
as Lorraine
(1923)
Hell's Hole
as Dorothy Owen
(1923)
Ponjola
as Gay Lypiatt
(1923)
The Dangerous Age
as Gloria Sanderson
(1923)
April Showers
as Miriam Welton
(1923)
Mothers-in-Law
as Vianna Courtleigh
(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)
The Lure of Luxury
as Dale Aldis
(1918)
Midnight Madness
as Gertrude Temple
(1918)
The Cabaret Girl
as Ann Reid
(1918)
Fires of Youth
as Lucille Linforth
(1918)
Hungry Eyes
as Mary Jane Appleton
(1918)
Hands Down
as Hilda Stuyvesant
(1917)
Mother o' Mine
as Catherine Thurston
(1917)
A Kentucky Cinderella
as Nannie
(1917)
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
as Clara Hawthorne
(1917)
The Door Between
as Heloise Crocker
(1917)
Eternal Love
as Mignon
(1917)
Polly Put the Kettle On
as Polly Vance
(1917)
The Savage
as Marie Louise
(1917)
The Desire of the Moth
as Stella Vorhis
(1916)
Behind the Lines
as Camilla