Ruth Clifford
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Ruth Clifford (February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998) was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from silent days into the television era. Clifford got work as an extra and began her career at 15 at Universal, in fairly substantial roles. She received her first film credit for her work in Behind the Lines (1916).
By her mid-twenties, she was playing leads and second leads, including the role of Abraham Lincoln's lost love, Ann Rutledge, in The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924). But sound pictures found her roles diminishing, and throughout the next three decades she played smaller and smaller parts.
She was a favorite of director John Ford (they played bridge together), who used her in eight films, but rarely in substantial roles. She was also, for a time, the voice of Walt Disney's Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck.
Clifford's obituary in the Los Angeles Times noted that she "became a prime source for historians of the silent screen era".
Acted in
Mickey's Family Album
1998
as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice)
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
as Herself
Funny Girl
1968
as Maid (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Woman (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Nurse (uncredited)
Designing Woman
1957
as Vanessa Cole
The Searchers
1956
as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
The Cobweb
1955
as Mrs. Jenkins
Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
1952
as Mother (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Wagon Master
1950
as Fleuretty Phyffe
Key to the City
1950
as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Whirlpool
1950
as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
Free For All
1949
as Miss Berry (uncredited)
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Neighbor
You're My Everything
1949
as Nurse (uncredited)
Not Wanted
1949
as Mrs. Stone
Pluto's Sweater
1949
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
1948
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Cry of the City
1948
as Nurse
The Luck of the Irish
1948
as Secretary
Hazard
1948
as Waitress (uncredited)
Donald's Dream Voice
1948
as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Delayed Date
1947
as Minnie Mouse
Mother Wore Tights
1947
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
Figaro and Frankie
1947
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Bath Day
1946
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Shock
1946
as Mrs. Margaret Cross
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The Spider
1945
as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
First Aiders
1944
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Lodger
1944
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Coney Island
1943
as Saloon Patron
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Ruth (uncredited)
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Holiday Inn
1942
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
1941
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
1941
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
1941
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
1941
as Woman In Convertible
Along the Rio Grande
1941
as Paula
Lillian Russell
1940
as Extra
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
as Nurse
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Mrs. Finney
Swanee River
1939
as Bit Role
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939
as Seamstress
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
as Nurse
Safety in Numbers
1938
as Mrs. Hensley
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Nurse (uncredited)
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Nurse
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
She Married Her Boss
1935
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Stolen Harmony
1935
as Nurse (uncredited)
Making the Rounds
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Secretary
Woman Unafraid
1934
as Kate
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
as Friend of Miss Fane
Only Yesterday
1933
as Eleanor (Uncredited)
Pilgrimage
1933
The Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Floozie
The Hitchhiker
1933
as Adolph's Wife
Face in the Sky
1933
as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
The Eternal Woman
1929
as Doris Forbes
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929
as Jane Morris
The Thrill Seekers
1927
as Adrean Wainwright
Don Mike
1927
as Mary Kelsey
Brooding Eyes
1926
as Joan Ayre
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
as Ballerina (uncredited)
As Man Desires
1925
as Gloria Gordon
The Tornado
1925
as Ruth Travers
Butterfly
1924
as Hilary Collier
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
The Whispered Name
1924
as Anne Gray
Ponjola
1923
as Gay Lypiatt
April Showers
1923
as Miriam Welton
Hell's Hole
1923
as Dorothy Owen
The Dangerous Age
1923
as Gloria Sanderson
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
as Marion Trevor
My Dad
1922
as Dawn
Tropical Love
1921
as Rosario
The Invisible Ray
1920
as Mystery
The Millionaire Pirate
1919
as The Girl
The Game's Up
1919
as Ruth Elliott
The Cabaret Girl
1918
as Ann Reid
The Lure of Luxury
1918
as Dale Aldis
Fires of Youth
1918
as Lucille Linforth
Midnight Madness
1918
as Gertrude Temple
Hungry Eyes
1918
as Mary Jane Appleton
Hands Down
1918
as Hilda Stuyvesant
The Door Between
1917
as Heloise Crocker
The Savage
1917
as Marie Louise
The Desire of the Moth
1917
as Stella Vorhis
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917
as Clara Hawthorne
Mother o' Mine
1917
as Catherine Thurston
A Kentucky Cinderella
1917
as Nannie
Eternal Love
1917
as Mignon
Polly Put the Kettle On
1917
as Polly Vance
Behind the Lines
1916
as Camilla