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