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