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Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

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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.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Way to the Gold

1957

as Mrs. Williams

Autumn Leaves

1956

as Liz Eckhart

The Spoilers

1955

as Duchess

A Lawless Street

1955

as Molly Higgins

Cavalcade of America

1952

as Ma Dolan

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951

as Maj. Ida Winton

The Secret of Convict Lake

1951

as Mary Fancher

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

1951

as Glory White

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

as Martha

The Snake Pit

1948

as Ruth

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

as Kate Mulvey

The Fabulous Texan

1947

as Utopia Mills

The Ghost Goes Wild

1947

as Aunt Susan Beecher

Little Miss Broadway

1947

as Minerva Van Dorn

Millie's Daughter

1947

as Helen Reilly

Cross My Heart

1946

as Eve Harper

In Old Sacramento

1946

as Zebby Booker

Cinderella Jones

1946

as Cora Elliot

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945

as Sister Michael

Pillow to Post

1945

as Mrs. Grace Wingate

Breakdowns of 1944

1944

as Self

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Nurse Hamilton

Sleepy Lagoon

1943

as Sarah Rogers

This Is the Army

1943

as Mrs. O'Brien

Johnny Doughboy

1942

as Biggy Biggsworth

Rise and Shine

1941

as Mame Bacon

You Belong to Me

1941

as Emma

Sailors on Leave

1941

as Aunt Navy

The Gay Vagabond

1941

as Kate Dixon

Model Wife

1941

as Mrs. Milo Everett

The Roundup

1941

as Polly Hope

Petticoat Politics

1941

as Lil Higgins

Meet the Missus

1940

as Lil Higgins

Scatterbrain

1940

as Miss Stevens

My Little Chickadee

1940

as Aunt Lou

The Amazing Mr. Williams

1939

as Effie Perkins

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Emma Hopper

The Family Next Door

1939

as Mrs. Rose Pierce

Annabel Takes a Tour

1938

as Josephine

Meet the Girls

1938

as Daisy Watson

The Affairs of Annabel

1938

as Josephine

Personal Secretary

1938

as Grumpy

Army Girl

1938

as Leila Kennett

A Slight Case of Murder

1938

as Nora Marko

Portia on Trial

1937

as Jane Wilkins

Roaring Timber

1937

as Aunt Mary

More Than a Secretary

1936

as Helen Davis

Cain and Mabel

1936

as Aunt Mimi

Fatal Lady

1936

as Melba York

13 Hours by Air

1936

as Vi Johnson

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

as Mabel Dawson

Song and Dance Man

1936

as Patsy O'Madigan

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

1936

as Self

Personal Maid's Secret

1935

as Lizzie

Hands Across the Table

1935

as Laura

Red Salute

1935

as Mrs. Edith Rooney

Alibi Ike

1935

as Bess

Traveling Saleslady

1935

as Mrs. Twitchell

The White Cockatoo

1935

as Mrs. Byng

Maybe It's Love

1935

as Florrie Sands

Happiness Ahead

1934

as Anna

Romance in the Rain

1934

as Miss Sparks

Housewife

1934

as Dora Wilson

Merry Wives of Reno

1934

as Lois

Wonder Bar

1934

as Emma Simpson

Heat Lightning

1934

as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley

Mandalay

1934

as Mrs. George Peters

Convention City

1933

as Mrs. Ellerbe

Havana Widows

1933

as Mrs. Emily Jones

Female

1933

as Miss Frothingham

Ever in My Heart

1933

as Lizzie

Footlight Parade

1933

as Mrs. Harriet Gould

Bureau of Missing Persons

1933

as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris

Goodbye Again

1933

as Richview Hotel Maid

Sing, Sinner, Sing

1933

as Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

1933

as Herself

Private Detective 62

1933

as Amy Moran

Lilly Turner

1933

as Edna Yokum

Employees' Entrance

1933

as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary

Ladies They Talk About

1933

as Noonan

Hard to Handle

1933

as Lil Waters

Just Around the Corner

1933

as Mrs. Sears

Blessed Event

1932

as Miss Stevens

Jewel Robbery

1932

as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)

Make Me a Star

1932

as The Countess

The Rainbow Trail

1932

as Widow Abigail

Wicked

1931

as Fanny

The Spider

1931

as Mrs. Wimbledon

Rubber Heels

1927

as Fanny Pratt