Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

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.

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Movies starring Ruth Donnelly (89)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)

Aunt Susan Beecher

Pillow to Post (1945)

Mrs. Grace Wingate

Johnny Doughboy (1942)

Biggy Biggsworth

Model Wife (1941)

Mrs. Milo Everett

Army Girl (1938)

Leila Kennett

Red Salute (1935)

Mrs. Edith Rooney

Housewife (1934)

Dora Wilson

Wonder Bar (1934)

Emma Simpson

Heat Lightning (1934)

Mrs. Ashton-Ashley

Mandalay (1934)

Mrs. George Peters

Havana Widows (1933)

Mrs. Emily Jones

Female (1933)

Miss Frothingham

Footlight Parade (1933)

Mrs. Harriet Gould

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris

Goodbye Again (1933)

Richview Hotel Maid

Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)

Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan

Employees' Entrance (1933)

Miss Hall, Anderson's Secretary

Jewel Robbery (1932)

Berta, Teri's Maid (Uncredited)

The Spider (1931)

Mrs. Wimbledon

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