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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.
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
as Mrs. Williams
1956
as Liz Eckhart
1955
as Duchess
1955
as Molly Higgins
1952
as Ma Dolan
1951
as Maj. Ida Winton
1951
as Mary Fancher
1951
as Glory White
1950
as Martha
1948
as Ruth
1948
as Kate Mulvey
1947
as Utopia Mills
1947
as Aunt Susan Beecher
1947
as Minerva Van Dorn
1947
as Helen Reilly
1946
as Eve Harper
1946
as Zebby Booker
1946
as Cora Elliot
1945
as Sister Michael
1945
as Mrs. Grace Wingate
1944
as Self
1943
as Nurse Hamilton
1943
as Sarah Rogers
1943
as Mrs. O'Brien
1942
as Biggy Biggsworth
1941
as Mame Bacon
1941
as Emma
1941
as Aunt Navy
1941
as Kate Dixon
1941
as Mrs. Milo Everett
1941
as Polly Hope
1941
as Lil Higgins
1940
as Lil Higgins
1940
as Miss Stevens
1940
as Aunt Lou
1939
as Effie Perkins
1939
as Emma Hopper
1939
as Mrs. Rose Pierce
1938
as Josephine
1938
as Daisy Watson
1938
as Josephine
1938
as Grumpy
1938
as Leila Kennett
1938
as Nora Marko
1937
as Jane Wilkins
1937
as Aunt Mary
1936
as Helen Davis
1936
as Aunt Mimi
1936
as Melba York
1936
as Vi Johnson
1936
as Mabel Dawson
1936
as Patsy O'Madigan
1936
as Self
1935
as Lizzie
1935
as Laura
1935
as Mrs. Edith Rooney
1935
as Bess
1935
as Mrs. Twitchell
1935
as Mrs. Byng
1935
as Florrie Sands
1934
as Anna
1934
as Miss Sparks
1934
as Dora Wilson
1934
as Lois
1934
as Emma Simpson
1934
as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
1934
as Mrs. George Peters
1933
as Mrs. Ellerbe
1933
as Mrs. Emily Jones
1933
as Miss Frothingham
1933
as Lizzie
1933
as Mrs. Harriet Gould
1933
as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
1933
as Richview Hotel Maid
1933
as Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
1933
as Herself
1933
as Amy Moran
1933
as Edna Yokum
1933
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
1933
as Noonan
1933
as Lil Waters
1933
as Mrs. Sears
1932
as Miss Stevens
1932
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
1932
as The Countess
1932
as Widow Abigail
1931
as Fanny
1931
as Mrs. Wimbledon
1927
as Fanny Pratt