Ruth Donnelly
Acting
🎂 1896-05-17
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.
Cast credits(90)
Ma Dolan
1952
Emma Hopper
1939
Noonan
1933
Mabel Dawson
1936
Ruth
1948
Sister Michael
1945
Martha
1950
Mrs. Harriet Gould
1933
Molly Higgins
1955
Widow Abigail
1932
Dora Wilson
1934
Mrs. O'Brien
1943
Mary Fancher
1951
Emma Simpson
1934
Emma
1941
Fanny
1931
Mrs. Milo Everett
1941
Glory White
1951
Aunt Lou
1940
Mame Bacon
1941
Josephine
1938
Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
1932
Maj. Ida Winton
1951
Melba York
1936
Nora Marko
1938
Duchess
1955
Mrs. Grace Wingate
1945
Nurse Hamilton
1943
Liz Eckhart
1956
Jane Wilkins
1937
Amy Moran
1933
Cora Elliot
1946
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
1933
Mrs. George Peters
1934
Biggy Biggsworth
1942
Mrs. Emily Jones
1933
Anna
1934
Mrs. Byng
1935
Zebby Booker
1946
Mrs. Edith Rooney
1935
Minerva Van Dorn
1947
Aunt Mimi
1936
Laura
1935
Eve Harper
1946
Lil Waters
1933
Effie Perkins
1939
Miss Frothingham
1933
Polly Hope
1941
Kate Mulvey
1948
Josephine
1938
Mrs. Ellerbe
1933
Vi Johnson
1936
Bess
1935
Aunt Navy
1941
Edna Yokum
1933
Lizzie
1933
Mrs. Rose Pierce
1939
Utopia Mills
1947
Sarah Rogers
1943
Richview Hotel Maid
1933
Leila Kennett
1938
Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
1933
Lizzie
1935
Kate Dixon
1941
Miss Stevens
1932
Miss Sparks
1934
Fanny Pratt
1927
Lois
1934
Aunt Susan Beecher
1947
The Countess
1932
Miss Stevens
1940
Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
1934
Florrie Sands
1935
Mrs. Williams
1957
Aunt Mary
1937
Mrs. Twitchell
1935
Patsy O'Madigan
1936
Self
1936
Mrs. Wimbledon
1931
Grumpy
1938
Self
1944
Lil Higgins
1940
Daisy Watson
1938
Mrs. Sears
1933
Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
1933
Helen Davis
1936
Helen Reilly
1947
Lil Higgins
1941
Herself
1933