Ruth Donnelly
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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
Credits
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Emma Hopper
Footlight Parade (1933)
as Mrs. Gould
Convention City (1933)
as Mrs. Ellerbe
Petticoat Politics (1941)
as Lil Higgins
Wonder Bar (1934)
as Emma Simpson
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
as Martha
Housewife (1934)
as Dora Wilson
The Snake Pit (1948)
as Ruth
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as Mabel Dawson
Scatterbrain (1940)
as Miss Stevens
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
as Sister Michael
Army Girl (1938)
as Leila Kennett
This Is the Army (1943)
as Mrs. O'Brien
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
as Nora Marko
Ladies They Talk About (1933)
as Noonan
Model Wife (1941)
as Mrs. Milo Everett
Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)
as Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
The Spoilers (1955)
as Duchess
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Aunt Lou
Song and Dance Man (1936)
as Patsy O'Madigan
In Old Sacramento (1946)
as Zebby Booker
Millie's Daughter (1947)
as Helen Reilly
Lilly Turner (1933)
as Edna Yokum
Just Around the Corner (1933)
as Mrs. Sears
You Belong to Me (1941)
as Emma
Private Detective 62 (1933)
as Amy Moran
Ever in My Heart (1933)
as Lizzie
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Nurse Hamilton
Jewel Robbery (1932)
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
as Glory White
Heat Lightning (1934)
as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
as Lois
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
as Mary Fancher
Breakdowns of 1944 (1944)
as Self
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
as Josephine
Cross My Heart (1946)
as Eve Harper
Happiness Ahead (1934)
as Anna
The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
as Josephine
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Effie Perkins
Personal Maid's Secret (1935)
as Lizzie
Autumn Leaves (1956)
as Liz Eckhart
Alibi Ike (1935)
as Bess
A Lawless Street (1955)
as Molly Higgins
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
as Kate Mulvey
Meet the Girls (1938)
as Daisy Watson
More Than a Secretary (1936)
as Helen Davis
The Gay Vagabond (1941)
as Kate Dixon
Pillow to Post (1945)
as Mrs. Grace Wingate
Rise and Shine (1941)
as Mame Bacon
Female (1933)
as Miss Frothingham
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
as Maj. Ida Winton
The Spider (1931)
as Mrs. Wimbledon
Employees' Entrance (1933)
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
Hands Across the Table (1935)
as Laura
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)
as Aunt Susan Beecher
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
as Mrs. Twitchell
Fatal Lady (1936)
as Melba York
Blessed Event (1932)
as Miss Stevens
Cinderella Jones (1946)
as Cora Elliot
Portia on Trial (1937)
as Jane Wilkins
Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Aunt Mimi
13 Hours by Air (1936)
as Vi Johnson
Wicked (1931)
as Fanny
The Fabulous Texan (1947)
as Utopia Mills
The Way to the Gold (1957)
as Mrs. Williams
Maybe It's Love (1935)
as Florrie Sands
Goodbye Again (1933)
as Richview Hotel Maid
Hard to Handle (1933)
as Lil Waters
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Self
Havana Widows (1933)
as Mrs. Emily Jones
Johnny Doughboy (1942)
as Biggy Biggsworth
Make Me a Star (1932)
as The Countess
Red Salute (1935)
as Mrs. Edith Rooney
Rubber Heels (1927)
as Fanny Pratt
Meet the Missus (1940)
as Lil Higgins
Sailors on Leave (1941)
as Aunt Navy
Personal Secretary (1938)
as Grumpy
Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
as Sarah Rogers
The Rainbow Trail (1932)
as Widow Abigail
The White Cockatoo (1935)
as Mrs. Byng
Mandalay (1934)
as Mrs. George Peters
Romance in the Rain (1934)
as Miss Sparks
The Family Next Door (1939)
as Mrs. Rose Pierce
Roaring Timber (1937)
as Aunt Mary
Little Miss Broadway (1947)
as Minerva Van Dorn
The Roundup (1941)
as Polly Hope
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933)
as Herself