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.
Movies starring Ruth Donnelly (89)
Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Mrs. Williams
Liz Eckhart
Duchess
Molly Higgins
Maj. Ida Winton
Mary Fancher
Glory White
Kate Mulvey
Utopia Mills
Aunt Susan Beecher
Minerva Van Dorn
Helen Reilly
Eve Harper
Zebby Booker
Cora Elliot
Sister Michael
Mrs. Grace Wingate
Nurse Hamilton
Sarah Rogers
Mrs. O'brien
Biggy Biggsworth
Mame Bacon
Aunt Navy
Kate Dixon
Mrs. Milo Everett
Polly Hope
Lil Higgins
Lil Higgins
Miss Stevens
Aunt Lou
Effie Perkins
Emma Hopper
Mrs. Rose Pierce
Josephine
Daisy Watson
Josephine
Leila Kennett
Nora Marko
Jane Wilkins
Aunt Mary
Helen Davis
Aunt Mimi
Melba York
Vi Johnson
Mabel Dawson
Patsy O'madigan
Mrs. Edith Rooney
Bess
Mrs. Twitchell
Mrs. Byng
Florrie Sands
Miss Sparks
Dora Wilson
Emma Simpson
Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
Mrs. George Peters
Mrs. Ellerbe
Mrs. Emily Jones
Miss Frothingham
Lizzie
Mrs. Harriet Gould
Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
Richview Hotel Maid
Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
Amy Moran
Edna Yokum
Miss Hall, Anderson's Secretary
Lil Waters
Mrs. Sears
Miss Stevens
Berta, Teri's Maid (Uncredited)
The Countess
Widow Abigail
Fanny
Mrs. Wimbledon
Fanny Pratt




