Ruth Donnelly
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Way to the Gold
Mrs. Williams
Autumn Leaves
Liz Eckhart
The Spoilers
Duchess
A Lawless Street
Molly Higgins
The Wild Blue Yonder
Maj. Ida Winton
The Secret of Convict Lake
Mary Fancher
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Glory White
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Martha
The Snake Pit
Ruth
Fighting Father Dunne
Kate Mulvey
The Fabulous Texan
Utopia Mills
The Ghost Goes Wild
Aunt Susan Beecher
Little Miss Broadway
Minerva Van Dorn
Millie's Daughter
Helen Reilly
Cross My Heart
Eve Harper
In Old Sacramento
Zebby Booker
Cinderella Jones
Cora Elliot
The Bells of St. Mary's
Sister Michael
Pillow to Post
Mrs. Grace Wingate
Breakdowns of 1944
Self
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Nurse Hamilton
Sleepy Lagoon
Sarah Rogers
This Is the Army
Mrs. O'Brien
Johnny Doughboy
Biggy Biggsworth
Rise and Shine
Mame Bacon
You Belong to Me
Emma
Sailors on Leave
Aunt Navy
The Gay Vagabond
Kate Dixon
Model Wife
Mrs. Milo Everett
The Roundup
Polly Hope
Petticoat Politics
Lil Higgins
Meet the Missus
Lil Higgins
Scatterbrain
Miss Stevens
My Little Chickadee
Aunt Lou
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Effie Perkins
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Emma Hopper
The Family Next Door
Mrs. Rose Pierce
Annabel Takes a Tour
Josephine
Meet the Girls
Daisy Watson
Personal Secretary
Grumpy
The Affairs of Annabel
Josephine
Army Girl
Leila Kennett
A Slight Case of Murder
Nora Marko
Portia on Trial
Jane Wilkins
Roaring Timber
Aunt Mary
More Than a Secretary
Helen Davis
Cain and Mabel
Aunt Mimi
Fatal Lady
Melba York
13 Hours by Air
Vi Johnson
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mabel Dawson
Song and Dance Man
Patsy O'Madigan
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Self
Personal Maid's Secret
Lizzie
Hands Across the Table
Laura
Red Salute
Mrs. Edith Rooney
Alibi Ike
Bess
Traveling Saleslady
Mrs. Twitchell
The White Cockatoo
Mrs. Byng
Maybe It's Love
Florrie Sands
Happiness Ahead
Anna
Romance in the Rain
Miss Sparks
Housewife
Dora Wilson
Merry Wives of Reno
Lois
Wonder Bar
Emma Simpson
Heat Lightning
Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
Mandalay
Mrs. George Peters
Convention City
Mrs. Ellerbe
Havana Widows
Mrs. Emily Jones
Female
Miss Frothingham
Ever in My Heart
Lizzie
Footlight Parade
Mrs. Harriet Gould
Bureau of Missing Persons
Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
Goodbye Again
Richview Hotel Maid
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Herself
Private Detective 62
Amy Moran
Lilly Turner
Edna Yokum
Employees' Entrance
Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
Ladies They Talk About
Noonan
Hard to Handle
Lil Waters
Just Around the Corner
Mrs. Sears
Blessed Event
Miss Stevens
Jewel Robbery
Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
Make Me a Star
The Countess
The Rainbow Trail
Widow Abigail
Wicked
Fanny
The Spider
Mrs. Wimbledon
Rubber Heels
Fanny Pratt