Ruth Donnelly
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1896-05-17
Day of Death
1982-11-17 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
North Trenton - New Jersey - USA
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). Among her roles was the part of Sister Michael in The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
Known For
Acting
(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
(1955)
A Lawless Street
as Molly Higgins
(1951)
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Ida Winton
(1951)
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Mary Fancher
(1951)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Glory White
(1950)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Martha
(1948)
The Snake Pit
as Ruth
(1948)
Fighting Father Dunne
as Kate Mulvey
(1947)
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Aunt Susan Beecher
(1947)
Little Miss Broadway
as Minerva Van Dorn
(1947)
The Fabulous Texan
as Utopia Mills
(1947)
Millie's Daughter
as Helen Reilly
(1946)
In Old Sacramento
as Zebby Booker
(1946)
Cinderella Jones
as Cora Elliot
(1946)
Cross My Heart
as Eve Harper
(1945)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sister Michael
(1945)
Pillow to Post
as Mrs. Grace Wingate
(1944)
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
(1943)
This Is the Army
as Mrs. O'Brien
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Nurse Hamilton
(1943)
Sleepy Lagoon
as Sarah Rogers
(1942)
Johnny Doughboy
as Biggy Biggsworth
(1941)
You Belong to Me
as Emma
(1941)
Model Wife
as Mrs. Milo Everett
(1941)
The Roundup
as Polly Hope
(1941)
Sailors on Leave
as Aunt Navy
(1941)
The Gay Vagabond
as Kate Dixon
(1941)
Rise and Shine
as Mame Bacon
(1941)
Petticoat Politics
as Lil Higgins
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Aunt Lou
(1940)
Meet the Missus
as Lil Higgins
(1940)
Scatterbrain
as Miss Stevens
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Emma Hopper
(1939)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Effie Perkins
(1939)
The Family Next Door
as Mrs. Rose Pierce
(1938)
Annabel Takes a Tour
as Josephine
(1938)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Nora Marko
(1938)
Personal Secretary
as Grumpy
(1938)
Army Girl
as Leila Kennett
(1938)
Meet the Girls
as Daisy Watson
(1938)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Josephine
(1937)
Portia on Trial
as Jane Wilkins
(1937)
Roaring Timber
as Aunt Mary
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Mabel Dawson
(1936)
Song and Dance Man
as Patsy O'Madigan
(1936)
(1936)
Cain and Mabel
as Aunt Mimi
(1936)
13 Hours by Air
as Vi Johnson
(1936)
Fatal Lady
as Melba York
(1936)
More Than a Secretary
as Helen Davis
(1935)
Alibi Ike
as Bess
(1935)
Red Salute
as Mrs. Edith Rooney
(1935)
Hands Across the Table
as Laura
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as Mrs. Twitchell
(1935)
The White Cockatoo
as Mrs. Byng
(1935)
Maybe It's Love
as Florrie Sands
(1935)
Personal Maid's Secret
as Lizzie
(1934)
Housewife
as Dora Wilson
(1934)
Happiness Ahead
as Anna
(1934)
Wonder Bar
as Emma Simpson
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
(1934)
Romance in the Rain
as Miss Sparks
(1934)
Mandalay
as Mrs. George Peters
(1934)
Merry Wives of Reno
as Lois
(1933)
Footlight Parade
as Mrs. Harriet Gould
(1933)
Private Detective 62
as Amy Moran
(1933)
Ladies They Talk About
as Noonan
(1933)
Ever in My Heart
as Lizzie
(1933)
Employees' Entrance
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
(1933)
Lilly Turner
as Edna Yokum
(1933)
Hard to Handle
as Lil Waters
(1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
(1933)
Female
as Miss Frothingham
(1933)
Convention City
as Mrs. Ellerbe
(1933)
Goodbye Again
as Richview Hotel Maid
(1933)
Havana Widows
as Mrs. Emily Jones
(1933)
Just Around the Corner
as Mrs. Sears
(1933)
Sing, Sinner, Sing
as Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
(1933)
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
as Herself
(1932)
Jewel Robbery
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
(1932)
Blessed Event
as Miss Stevens
(1932)
Make Me a Star
as The Countess
(1932)
The Rainbow Trail
as Widow Abigail
(1931)
Wicked
as Fanny
(1931)
The Spider
as Mrs. Wimbledon
(1927)
Rubber Heels
as Fanny Pratt