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