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Birth Day: 1896-05-17
Place of birth: North Trenton - New Jersey - USA
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.
Credits
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As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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As Mrs. Williams
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As Liz Eckhart
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As Molly Higgins
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As Duchess
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As Maj. Ida Winton
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As Mary Fancher
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As Glory White
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As Martha
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As Kate Mulvey
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As Ruth
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As Aunt Susan Beecher
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As Utopia Mills
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As Minerva Van Dorn
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As Helen Reilly
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As Cora Elliot
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As Zebby Booker
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As Eve Harper
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As Sister Michael
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As Mrs. Grace Wingate
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As Self
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As Mrs. O'Brien
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As Sarah Rogers
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As Nurse Hamilton
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As Biggy Biggsworth
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As Emma
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As Mrs. Milo Everett
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As Polly Hope
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As Aunt Navy
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As Kate Dixon
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As Mame Bacon
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As Lil Higgins
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As Lil Higgins
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As Miss Stevens
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As Aunt Lou
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As Mrs. Rose Pierce
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As Emma Hopper
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As Effie Perkins
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As Leila Kennett
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As Daisy Watson
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As Josephine
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As Josephine
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As Nora Marko
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As Grumpy
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As Aunt Mary
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As Jane Wilkins
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As Helen Davis
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As Mabel Dawson
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As Vi Johnson
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As Patsy O'Madigan
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As Self
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As Melba York
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As Aunt Mimi
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As Mrs. Edith Rooney
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As Mrs. Twitchell
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As Lizzie
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As Bess
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As Florrie Sands
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As Mrs. Byng
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As Laura
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As Emma Simpson
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As Mrs. George Peters
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As Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
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As Miss Sparks
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As Dora Wilson
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As Anna
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As Lois
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As Amy Moran
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As Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
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As Miss Frothingham
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As Mrs. Harriet Gould
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As Mrs. Sears
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As Edna Yokum
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As Lizzie
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As Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
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As Richview Hotel Maid
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As Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
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As Noonan
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As Lil Waters
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As Mrs. Ellerbe
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As Mrs. Emily Jones
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As Miss Stevens
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As Widow Abigail
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As Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
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As The Countess
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As Fanny
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As Mrs. Wimbledon
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As Fanny Pratt