Ruth Clifford
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1900-02-16
- Died
- 1998-11-30
- Place of birth
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
- Also known as
- Ruth Clifford Cornelius · Ruth Cornelius
Biography
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 Duck.
Clifford's obituary in the Los Angeles Times noted that she "became a prime source for historians of the silent screen era".
Known For
Movies (121)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
Funny Girl
1968
as Maid (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Secretary
3 Godfathers
1948
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
1952
as Mother (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
as Ballerina (uncredited)
Holiday Inn
1942
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Nurse (uncredited)
Lillian Russell
1940
as Extra
Stolen Harmony
1935
as Nurse (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Woman (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The Lodger
1944
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Ponjola
1923
as Gay Lypiatt
Shock
1946
as Mrs. Margaret Cross
Brooding Eyes
1926
as Joan Ayre
Wagon Master
1950
as Fleuretty Phyffe
Hungry Eyes
1918
as Mary Jane Appleton
Pilgrimage
1933
Ball of Fire
1941
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Elmer and Elsie
1934
as Mamie
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Hands Down
1918
as Hilda Stuyvesant
The Cobweb
1955
as Mrs. Jenkins
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933
as Eleanor (Uncredited)
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
Whirlpool
1950
as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
Cry of the City
1948
as Nurse
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
The Luck of the Irish
1948
as Secretary
Key to the City
1950
as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Midnight Madness
1918
as Gertrude Temple
Designing Woman
1957
as Vanessa Cole
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
1941
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Not Wanted
1949
as Mrs. Stone
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Nurse (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Bath Day
1946
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Coney Island
1943
as Saloon Patron
Tropical Love
1921
as Rosario
Swanee River
1939
as Bit Role
Eternal Love
1917
as Mignon
Pluto and the Gopher
1950
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
Mother Wore Tights
1947
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
as Nurse
Mickey's Delayed Date
1947
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
You're My Everything
1949
as Nurse (uncredited)
Face in the Sky
1933
as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Mrs. Finney
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Neighbor
Cadet Girl
1941
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Hazard
1948
as Waitress (uncredited)
As Man Desires
1925
as Gloria Gordon
She Married Her Boss
1935
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited) / Shopper
Free For All
1949
as Miss Berry (uncredited)
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Pluto's Sweater
1949
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
1941
as Woman In Convertible
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
as Friend of Miss Fane
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
as Marion Trevor
Hell's Hole
1923
as Dorothy Owen
Mickey's Family Album
1998
as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Ruth (uncredited)
Mother o' Mine
1917
as Catherine Thurston
The Love Hour
1925
as Betty Brown
Let's Live Tonight
1935
as American
First Aiders
1944
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Savage
1917
as Marie Louise
The Millionaire Pirate
1919
as The Girl
The Red, Red Heart
1918
as Rhoda Tuttle
The Spider
1945
as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
Polly Put the Kettle On
1917
as Polly Vance
The Tornado
1925
as Ruth Travers
My Dad
1922
as Dawn
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
The Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Floozie
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939
as Seamstress
Donald's Dream Voice
1948
as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Woman Unafraid
1934
as Kate
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
as Nurse
The Cabaret Girl
1918
as Ann Reid
The Eternal Woman
1929
as Doris Forbes
Figaro and Frankie
1947
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Dangerous Age
1923
as Gloria Sanderson
The Game's Up
1919
as Ruth Elliott
The Lure of Luxury
1918
as Dale Aldis
Safety in Numbers
1938
as Mrs. Hensley
Lew Tyler's Wives
1926
as Jessie Winkler
Don Mike
1927
as Mary Kelsey
Mothers-in-Law
1923
as Vianna Courtleigh
Along the Rio Grande
1941
as Paula
Fires of Youth
1918
as Lucille Linforth
Daughters of the Rich
1923
as Sally Malakoff
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Frightened Balkan Passenger
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Nurse
Making the Rounds
1934
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929
as Jane Morris
The Thrill Seekers
1927
as Adrean Wainwright
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917
as Clara Hawthorne
The Door Between
1917
as Heloise Crocker
Her Husband's Secret
1925
as Mrs. Pearce
The Storm Breaker
1925
as Lysette DeJon
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
as Herself
The Invisible Ray
1920
as Mystery
A Kentucky Cinderella
1917
as Nannie
The Whispered Name
1924
as Anne Gray
Truxton King
1923
as Lorraine
April Showers
1923
as Miriam Welton
The Desire of the Moth
1917
as Stella Vorhis
The Guilt of Silence
1918
as Mary
The Hitchhiker
1933
as Adolph's Wife
Butterfly
1924
as Hilary Collier
About 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 Lin… With 121 credits spanning from 1916 to 1998, Ruth Clifford has appeared in 121 films and 0 TV shows.
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- 3 Godfathers (1948) — as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
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