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