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