Personal Info
Ruth Donnelly
Acting
Biography
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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 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 Pa…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Way to the Gold
as Mrs. Williams
Autumn Leaves
as Liz Eckhart
A Lawless Street
as Molly Higgins
The Spoilers
as Duchess
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Mary Fancher
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Ida Winton
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Glory White
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Martha
The Snake Pit
as Ruth
