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