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.
90 acting credits
Acting · 90
Cavalcade of America
1952
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
A Lawless Street
1955
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951
Private Detective 62
1933
Female
1933
The Snake Pit
1948
Footlight Parade
1933
My Little Chickadee
1940
Hands Across the Table
1935
Housewife
1934
Jewel Robbery
1932
Hard to Handle
1933
Traveling Saleslady
1935
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Wonder Bar
1934
Blessed Event
1932
Autumn Leaves
1956
Red Salute
1935
This Is the Army
1943
Ladies They Talk About
1933
The Spoilers
1955
The Spider
1931
Rise and Shine
1941
You Belong to Me
1941
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
Maybe It's Love
1935
Lilly Turner
1933
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951
Alibi Ike
1935
Johnny Doughboy
1942
Army Girl
1938
Havana Widows
1933
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
In Old Sacramento
1946
Heat Lightning
1934
Convention City
1933
Cain and Mabel
1936
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
Roaring Timber
1937
The White Cockatoo
1935
Millie's Daughter
1947
Sailors on Leave
1941
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938
13 Hours by Air
1936
Pillow to Post
1945
Employees' Entrance
1933
Make Me a Star
1932
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
Wicked
1931
The Family Next Door
1939
Mandalay
1934
Fatal Lady
1936
The Roundup
1941
Happiness Ahead
1934
Rubber Heels
1927
Goodbye Again
1933
Cross My Heart
1946
Personal Maid's Secret
1935
Little Miss Broadway
1947
Romance in the Rain
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Scatterbrain
1940
Portia on Trial
1937
Ever in My Heart
1933
More Than a Secretary
1936
The Way to the Gold
1957
Petticoat Politics
1941
Personal Secretary
1938
Model Wife
1941
The Gay Vagabond
1941
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
Cinderella Jones
1946
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
Meet the Missus
1940
Song and Dance Man
1936
The Fabulous Texan
1947
Meet the Girls
1938
The Rainbow Trail
1932
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933
Just Around the Corner
1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933