Ruth Donnelly
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Mabel Dawson 1936
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Martha 1950
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sister Michael 1945
The Snake Pit
as Ruth 1948
Footlight Parade
as Mrs. Harriet Gould 1933
Autumn Leaves
as Liz Eckhart 1956
A Slight Case of Murder
as Nora Marko 1938
Jewel Robbery
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited) 1932
Ladies They Talk About
as Noonan 1933
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Nurse Hamilton 1943
My Little Chickadee
as Aunt Lou 1940
A Lawless Street
as Molly Higgins 1955
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Mary Fancher 1951
Female
as Miss Frothingham 1933
Employees' Entrance
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary 1933
This Is the Army
as Mrs. O'Brien 1943