- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 16, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
- Died
- November 30, 1998
Ruth Clifford
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ruth Clifford (February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998) was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from silent days into the television era. Clifford got work as an extra and began her career at 15 at Universal, in fairly substantial roles. She received her first film credit for her work in Behind the Lines (1916). By her mid-twenties, she was playing leads and second leads, including the role of Abraham Lincoln's lost love, Ann Rutledge, in The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924). But sound pictures found her roles diminishing, and throughout the next three decades she played smaller and smaller parts. She was a favorite of director John Ford (they played bridge together), who used her in eight films, but rarely in substantial roles. She was also, for a time, the voice of Walt Disney's Minnie Mouse and Daisy …
Filmography
Mickey's Family Album
movieMickey's Family Album
1998 · Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
movieThe Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993 · Herself
movieFunny Girl
1968 · Maid (uncredited)
movieTwo Rode Together
1961 · Woman (uncredited)
movieSergeant Rutledge
1960 · Officer's Wife (uncredited)
movieThe Last Hurrah
1958 · Nurse (uncredited)
movieDesigning Woman
1957 · Vanessa Cole
movieThe Wings of Eagles
1957 · Tourist (uncredited)
movieThe Searchers
1956 · Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
movieThe Cobweb
1955 · Mrs. Jenkins
moviePluto's Christmas Tree
1952 · Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Quiet Man
1952 · Mother (uncredited)
movieSunset Boulevard
1950 · Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
movieWagon Master
1950 · Fleuretty Phyffe
moviePluto and the Gopher
1950 · Minnie Mouse (voice)
movieKey to the City
1950 · Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
movieWhirlpool
1950 · Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
movieFree For All
1949 · Miss Berry (uncredited)
movieFather Was a Fullback
1949 · Neighbor
movieYou're My Everything
1949 · Nurse (uncredited)
movieNot Wanted
1949 · Mrs. Stone
moviePluto's Sweater
1949 · Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
movie3 Godfathers
1948 · Woman in Bar (uncredited)
movieCry of the City
1948 · Nurse
movieThe Luck of the Irish
1948 · Secretary
movieHazard
1948 · Waitress (uncredited)
movieDonald's Dream Voice
1948 · Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
movieMickey's Delayed Date
1947 · Minnie Mouse (voice)
movieMother Wore Tights
1947 · Resort Guest (uncredited)
movieFigaro and Frankie
1947 · Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
movieMy Darling Clementine
1946 · Opera House Patron (uncredited)
movieBath Day
1946 · Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
movieShock
1946 · Margaret Cross (uncredited)
movieLeave Her to Heaven
1945 · Telephone Operator (uncredited)
movieThe Spider
1945 · Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
movieCircumstantial Evidence
1945 · Bridge Player (uncredited)
movieThe Keys of the Kingdom
1944 · Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
movieFirst Aiders
1944 · Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Lodger
1944 · Hairdresser (uncredited)
movieConey Island
1943 · Saloon Patron
movieHoliday Inn
1942 · Guest at Inn (uncredited)
movieTen Gentlemen from West Point
1942 · Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
movieIt Happened in Flatbush
1942 · Ruth (uncredited)
movieBlue, White and Perfect
1942 · Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
movieRoad to Happiness
1941 · Ship Passenger (uncredited)
movieBall of Fire
1941 · Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieCadet Girl
1941 · Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
movieMr. Celebrity
1941 · Woman In Convertible
movieAlong the Rio Grande
1941 · Paula
movieLillian Russell
1940 · Extra
movieFree, Blonde and 21
1940 · Nurse
movieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · Mrs. Finney
movieSwanee River
1939 · Bit Role
movieDrums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
movieWife, Husband and Friend
1939 · Seamstress
movieCharlie Chan in Honolulu
1938 · Nurse
movieSafety in Numbers
1938 · Mrs. Hensley
movieFour Men and a Prayer
1938 · Telephone Operator (uncredited)
movieHollywood Boulevard
1936 · Nurse (uncredited)
movieTo Mary - with Love
1936 · Nurse
moviePaddy O'Day
1936 · Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
movieShe Married Her Boss
1935 · Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited), Shopper
movieThe Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
movieStolen Harmony
1935 · Nurse (uncredited)
movieLet's Live Tonight
1935 · American
Elmer and Elsie
movieElmer and Elsie
1934 · Mamie
movieWhom the Gods Destroy
1934 · Frightened Balkan Passenger
Making the Rounds
movieMaking the Rounds
1934
movieStand Up and Cheer!
1934 · Secretary
movieWoman Unafraid
1934 · Kate
movieMiss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934 · Friend of Miss Fane
movieOnly Yesterday
1933 · Eleanor (Uncredited)
moviePilgrimage
1933
movieThe Constant Woman
1933 · Speakeasy Floozie
movieThe Hitchhiker
1933 · Adolph's Wife
movieFace in the Sky
1933 · Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
movieThe Show of Shows
1929 · Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
movieThe Eternal Woman
1929 · Doris Forbes
The Devil's Apple Tree
movieThe Devil's Apple Tree
1929 · Jane Morris
movieThe Thrill Seekers
1927 · Adrean Wainwright
movieDon Mike
1927 · Mary Kelsey
movieLew Tyler's Wives
1926 · Jessie Winkler
Brooding Eyes
movieBrooding Eyes
1926 · Joan Ayre
The Storm Breaker
movieThe Storm Breaker
1925 · Lysette DeJon
movieThe Love Hour
1925 · Betty Brown
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1925 · Ballerina (uncredited)
movieHer Husband's Secret
1925 · Mrs. Pearce
movieAs Man Desires
1925 · Gloria Gordon
movieThe Tornado
1925 · Ruth Travers
movieButterfly
1924 · Hilary Collier
movieThe Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924 · Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
movieThe Whispered Name
1924 · Anne Gray
moviePonjola
1923 · Gay Lypiatt
movieApril Showers
1923 · Miriam Welton
movieHell's Hole
1923 · Dorothy Owen
movieMothers-in-Law
1923 · Vianna Courtleigh
movieDaughters of the Rich
1923 · Sally Malakoff
movieTruxton King
1923 · Lorraine
movieThe Dangerous Age
1923 · Gloria Sanderson
movieThe Face on the Barroom Floor
1923 · Marion Trevor
movieMy Dad
1922 · Dawn
movieTropical Love
1921 · Rosario
movieThe Invisible Ray
1920 · Mystery
movieThe Millionaire Pirate
1919 · The Girl
movieThe Game's Up
1919 · Ruth Elliott
movieThe Cabaret Girl
1918 · Ann Reid
movieThe Lure of Luxury
1918 · Dale Aldis
movieFires of Youth
1918 · Lucille Linforth
movieMidnight Madness
1918 · Gertrude Temple
movieThe Guilt of Silence
1918 · Mary
The Red, Red Heart
movieThe Red, Red Heart
1918 · Rhoda Tuttle
movieHungry Eyes
1918 · Mary Jane Appleton
movieHands Down
1918 · Hilda Stuyvesant
movieThe Door Between
1917 · Heloise Crocker
movieThe Savage
1917 · Marie Louise
movieThe Desire of the Moth
1917 · Stella Vorhis
movieThe Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917 · Clara Hawthorne
movieMother o' Mine
1917 · Catherine Thurston
movieA Kentucky Cinderella
1917 · Nannie
movieEternal Love
1917 · Mignon
moviePolly Put the Kettle On
1917 · Polly Vance
movieBehind the Lines
1916 · Camilla