Ruth Donnelly

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: North Trenton - New Jersey - USA, 1896-05-17

Died: 1982-11-17

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1927	Rubber Heels	Fanny Pratt	0
2	1931	The Spider	Mrs. Wimbledon	60
3	1931	Wicked	Fanny	47
4	1932	The Rainbow Trail	Widow Abigail	0
5	1932	Make Me a Star	The Countess	55
6	1932	Jewel Robbery	Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)	65
7	1932	Blessed Event	Miss Stevens	65
8	1933	Just Around the Corner	Mrs. Sears	60
9	1933	Hard to Handle	Lil Waters	66
10	1933	Ladies They Talk About	Noonan	61
11	1933	Employees' Entrance	Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary	63
12	1933	Lilly Turner	Edna Yokum	56
13	1933	Private Detective 62	Amy Moran	60
14	1933	How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points	Herself	0
15	1933	Sing, Sinner, Sing	Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan	40
16	1933	Goodbye Again	Richview Hotel Maid	50
17	1933	Bureau of Missing Persons	Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris	56
18	1933	Footlight Parade	Mrs. Harriet Gould	69
19	1933	Ever in My Heart	Lizzie	53
20	1933	Female	Miss Frothingham	63
21	1933	Havana Widows	Mrs. Emily Jones	58
22	1933	Convention City	Mrs. Ellerbe	35
23	1934	Mandalay	Mrs. George Peters	59
24	1934	Heat Lightning	Mrs. Ashton-Ashley	68
25	1934	Wonder Bar	Emma Simpson	62
26	1934	Merry Wives of Reno	Lois	48
27	1934	Housewife	Dora Wilson	76
28	1934	Romance in the Rain	Miss Sparks	0
29	1934	Happiness Ahead	Anna	60
30	1935	Maybe It's Love	Florrie Sands	60
31	1935	The White Cockatoo	Mrs. Byng	53
32	1935	Traveling Saleslady	Mrs. Twitchell	59
33	1935	Alibi Ike	Bess	58
34	1935	Red Salute	Mrs. Edith Rooney	58
35	1935	Hands Across the Table	Laura	68
36	1935	Personal Maid's Secret	Lizzie	55
37	1936	Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel	Self	60
38	1936	Song and Dance Man	Patsy O'Madigan	0
39	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Mabel Dawson	75
40	1936	13 Hours by Air	Vi Johnson	43
41	1936	Fatal Lady	Melba York	0
42	1936	Cain and Mabel	Aunt Mimi	62
43	1936	More Than a Secretary	Helen Davis	64
44	1937	Roaring Timber	Aunt Mary	50
45	1937	Portia on Trial	Jane Wilkins	53
46	1938	A Slight Case of Murder	Nora Marko	61
47	1938	Army Girl	Leila Kennett	60
48	1938	The Affairs of Annabel	Josephine	40
49	1938	Personal Secretary	Grumpy	0
50	1938	Meet the Girls	Daisy Watson	45
51	1938	Annabel Takes a Tour	Josephine	50
52	1939	The Family Next Door	Mrs. Rose Pierce	52
53	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Emma Hopper	79
54	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Effie Perkins	58
55	1940	My Little Chickadee	Aunt Lou	65
56	1940	Scatterbrain	Miss Stevens	0
57	1940	Meet the Missus	Lil Higgins	0
58	1941	Petticoat Politics	Lil Higgins	0
59	1941	The Roundup	Polly Hope	80
60	1941	Model Wife	Mrs. Milo Everett	0
61	1941	The Gay Vagabond	Kate Dixon	0
62	1941	Sailors on Leave	Aunt Navy	0
63	1941	You Belong to Me	Emma	58
64	1941	Rise and Shine	Mame Bacon	60
65	1942	Johnny Doughboy	Biggy Biggsworth	55
66	1943	This Is the Army	Mrs. O'Brien	57
67	1943	Sleepy Lagoon	Sarah Rogers	45
68	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Nurse Hamilton	61
69	1944	Breakdowns of 1944	Self	65
70	1945	Pillow to Post	Mrs. Grace Wingate	55
71	1945	The Bells of St. Mary's	Sister Michael	68
72	1946	Cinderella Jones	Cora Elliot	33
73	1946	In Old Sacramento	Zebby Booker	60
74	1946	Cross My Heart	Eve Harper	0
75	1947	Millie's Daughter	Helen Reilly	10
76	1947	Little Miss Broadway	Minerva Van Dorn	0
77	1947	The Ghost Goes Wild	Aunt Susan Beecher	50
78	1947	The Fabulous Texan	Utopia Mills	40
79	1948	Fighting Father Dunne	Kate Mulvey	60
80	1948	The Snake Pit	Ruth	71
81	1950	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Martha	72
82	1951	I'd Climb the Highest Mountain	Glory White	66
83	1951	The Secret of Convict Lake	Mary Fancher	66
84	1951	The Wild Blue Yonder	Maj. Ida Winton	60
85	1955	A Lawless Street	Molly Higgins	54
86	1955	The Spoilers	Duchess	48
87	1956	Autumn Leaves	Liz Eckhart	70
88	1957	The Way to the Gold	Mrs. Williams	0
89	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Cavalcade of America	Ma Dolan	35