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.
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Cavalcade of America
1952 · Ma Dolan
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Emma Hopper
Footlight Parade
1933 · Mrs. Gould
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Mabel Dawson
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 · Sister Michael
Housewife
1934 · Dora Wilson
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 · Martha
Convention City
1933 · Mrs. Ellerbe
Petticoat Politics
1941 · Lil Higgins
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951 · Mary Fancher
The Snake Pit
1948 · Ruth
Wonder Bar
1934 · Emma Simpson
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage)...
Scatterbrain
1940 · Miss Stevens
This Is the Army
1943 · Mrs. O'Brien
A Lawless Street
1955 · Molly Higgins
Autumn Leaves
1956 · Liz Eckhart
Model Wife
1941 · Mrs. Milo Everett
A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Nora Marko
Private Detective 62
1933 · Amy Moran
Army Girl
1938 · Leila Kennett
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 · Effie Perkins
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Noonan
Jewel Robbery
1932 · Berta, Teri's Maid (un...
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Nurse Hamilton
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951 · Glory White
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 · Maj. Ida Winton
Just Around the Corner
1933 · Mrs. Sears
Song and Dance Man
1936 · Patsy O'Madigan
Hands Across the Table
1935 · Laura
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 · Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harri...
Cross My Heart
1946 · Eve Harper
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Aunt Lou
You Belong to Me
1941 · Emma
Heat Lightning
1934 · Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
More Than a Secretary
1936 · Helen Davis
Make Me a Star
1932 · The Countess
Breakdowns of 1944
1944 · Self
The Spoilers
1955 · Duchess
Female
1933 · Miss Frothingham
The Way to the Gold
1957 · Mrs. Williams
Fatal Lady
1936 · Melba York
Merry Wives of Reno
1934 · Lois
In Old Sacramento
1946 · Zebby Booker
Alibi Ike
1935 · Bess
Ever in My Heart
1933 · Lizzie
The Gay Vagabond
1941 · Kate Dixon
Millie's Daughter
1947 · Helen Reilly
Romance in the Rain
1934 · Miss Sparks
Red Salute
1935 · Mrs. Edith Rooney
Personal Secretary
1938 · Grumpy
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Cora Elliot
Personal Maid's Secret
1935 · Lizzie
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 · Kate Mulvey
Happiness Ahead
1934 · Anna
The Affairs of Annabel
1938 · Josephine
Sailors on Leave
1941 · Aunt Navy
Meet the Girls
1938 · Daisy Watson
Cain and Mabel
1936 · Aunt Mimi
Hard to Handle
1933 · Lil Waters
The Fabulous Texan
1947 · Utopia Mills
Lilly Turner
1933 · Edna Yokum
Johnny Doughboy
1942 · Biggy Biggsworth
Rise and Shine
1941 · Mame Bacon
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947 · Aunt Susan Beecher
13 Hours by Air
1936 · Vi Johnson
Goodbye Again
1933 · Richview Hotel Maid
The Roundup
1941 · Polly Hope
The Family Next Door
1939 · Mrs. Rose Pierce
Employees' Entrance
1933 · Miss Hall, Anderson's...
Blessed Event
1932 · Miss Stevens
The White Cockatoo
1935 · Mrs. Byng
Sleepy Lagoon
1943 · Sarah Rogers
Maybe It's Love
1935 · Florrie Sands
Pillow to Post
1945 · Mrs. Grace Wingate
Meet the Missus
1940 · Lil Higgins
Wicked
1931 · Fanny
The Spider
1931 · Mrs. Wimbledon
Portia on Trial
1937 · Jane Wilkins
Traveling Saleslady
1935 · Mrs. Twitchell
Little Miss Broadway
1947 · Minerva Van Dorn
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938 · Josephine
The Rainbow Trail
1932 · Widow Abigail
Roaring Timber
1937 · Aunt Mary
Mandalay
1934 · Mrs. George Peters
Rubber Heels
1927 · Fanny Pratt
Havana Widows
1933 · Mrs. Emily Jones
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936 · Self