Birthday
1896/05/17
Day of death
1982/11/17 (86 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
North Trenton - New Jersey - USA
Also know as
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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 earne...Read more
(1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Emma Hopper
(1936) Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Self
(1936) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Mabel Dawson
(1935) Hands Across the Table
as Laura
(1945) The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sister Michael
(1941) Petticoat Politics
as Lil Higgins
(1932) Jewel Robbery
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
(1938) A Slight Case of Murder
as Nora Marko
(1933) Footlight Parade
as Mrs. Harriet Gould
(1951) The Secret of Convict Lake
as Mary Fancher
(1940) My Little Chickadee
as Aunt Lou
(1956) Autumn Leaves
as Liz Eckhart
(1955) A Lawless Street
as Molly Higgins
(1932) Blessed Event
as Miss Stevens
(1943) This Is the Army
as Mrs. O'Brien
(1933) Employees' Entrance
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
(1948) The Snake Pit
as Ruth
(1950) Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Martha
(1951) I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Glory White
(1933) Private Detective 62
as Amy Moran
(1947) The Ghost Goes Wild
as Aunt Susan Beecher
(1933) Female
as Miss Frothingham
(1933) Lilly Turner
as Edna Yokum
(1934) Merry Wives of Reno
as Lois
(1941) You Belong to Me
as Emma
(1938) The Affairs of Annabel
as Josephine
(1945) Pillow to Post
as Mrs. Grace Wingate
(1935) Alibi Ike
as Bess
(1934) Wonder Bar
as Emma Simpson
(1935) Personal Maid's Secret
as Lizzie
(1933) Ever in My Heart
as Lizzie
(1933) Sing, Sinner, Sing
as Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
(1939) The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Effie Perkins
(1951) The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Ida Winton
(1936) Cain and Mabel
as Aunt Mimi
(1934) Housewife
as Dora Wilson
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1936) More Than a Secretary
as Helen Davis
(1935) Maybe It's Love
as Florrie Sands
(1938) Army Girl
as Leila Kennett
(1947) The Fabulous Texan
as Utopia Mills
(1935) The White Cockatoo
as Mrs. Byng
(1957) The Way to the Gold
as Mrs. Williams
(1933) Just Around the Corner
as Mrs. Sears
(1933) Goodbye Again
as Richview Hotel Maid
(1933) Havana Widows
as Mrs. Emily Jones
(1936) 13 Hours by Air
as Vi Johnson
(1933) Convention City
as Mrs. Ellerbe
(1938) Personal Secretary
as Grumpy
(1934) Mandalay
as Mrs. George Peters
(1933) Hard to Handle
as Lil Waters
(1940) Scatterbrain
as Miss Stevens
(1938) Annabel Takes a Tour
as Josephine
(1946) Cross My Heart
as Eve Harper
(1948) Fighting Father Dunne
as Kate Mulvey
(1931) The Spider
as Mrs. Wimbledon
(1936) Fatal Lady
as Melba York
(1934) Happiness Ahead
as Anna
(1939) The Family Next Door
as Mrs. Rose Pierce
(1934) Heat Lightning
as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
(1946) Cinderella Jones
as Cora Elliot
(1933) Ladies They Talk About
as Noonan
(1937) Portia on Trial
as Jane Wilkins
(1941) The Gay Vagabond
as Kate Dixon
(1941) Sailors on Leave
as Aunt Navy
(1935) Traveling Saleslady
as Mrs. Twitchell
(1936) Song and Dance Man
as Patsy O'Madigan
(1941) The Roundup
as Polly Hope
(1932) Make Me a Star
as The Countess
(1933) Bureau of Missing Persons
as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
(1935) Red Salute
as Mrs. Edith Rooney
(1938) Meet the Girls
as Daisy Watson
(1946) In Old Sacramento
as Zebby Booker
(1955) The Spoilers
as Duchess
(1941) Model Wife
as Mrs. Milo Everett
(1947) Little Miss Broadway
as Minerva Van Dorn
(1940) Meet the Missus
as Lil Higgins
(1944) Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
(1937) Roaring Timber
as Aunt Mary
(1942) Johnny Doughboy
as Biggy Biggsworth
(1933) How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
as Herself
(1931) Wicked
as Fanny
(1941) Rise and Shine
as Mame Bacon
(1934) Romance in the Rain
as Miss Sparks
(1943) Sleepy Lagoon
as Sarah Rogers
(1932) The Rainbow Trail
as Widow Abigail
(1947) Millie's Daughter
as Helen Reilly
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Nurse Hamilton
(1927) Rubber Heels
as Fanny Pratt
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Ma Dolan