Ruth Donnelly
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.
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- Cavalcade of America (1952) as Ma Dolan
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Emma Hopper
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) as Sister Michael
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as Mabel Dawson
- The Roundup (1941) as Polly Hope
- This Is the Army (1943) as Mrs. O'Brien
- Footlight Parade (1933) as Mrs. Harriet Gould
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) as Martha
- The Snake Pit (1948) as Ruth
- A Lawless Street (1955) as Molly Higgins
- Housewife (1934) as Dora Wilson
- My Little Chickadee (1940) as Aunt Lou
- Wonder Bar (1934) as Emma Simpson
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Ladies They Talk About (1933) as Noonan
- Army Girl (1938) as Leila Kennett
- Jewel Robbery (1932) as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
- Hands Across the Table (1935) as Laura
- Autumn Leaves (1956) as Liz Eckhart
- Breakdowns of 1944 (1944) as Self
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) as Nurse Hamilton
- Female (1933) as Miss Frothingham
- Convention City (1933) as Mrs. Ellerbe
- Sleepy Lagoon (1943) as Sarah Rogers