Ruth Donnelly
Acting
🎂 1896-05-17
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.
Cast credits(90)
Ma Dolan
1952
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Jane Wilkins
1937
Kate Mulvey
1948
Margaret 'Maggie' Flannigan
1933
Emma Hopper
1939
Widow Abigail
1932
Glory White
1951
Lil Waters
1933
Ruth
1948
Mrs. Edith Rooney
1935
Nora Marko
1938
Mrs. O'Brien
1943
Martha
1950
Mabel Dawson
1936
Self
1944
Aunt Lou
1940
Molly Higgins
1955
Patsy O'Madigan
1936
Lois
1934
Maj. Ida Winton
1951
Bess
1935
Nurse Hamilton
1943
Lil Higgins
1941
Helen Reilly
1947
Noonan
1933
Effie Perkins
1939
Lizzie
1933
Mrs. Wimbledon
1931
Miss Stevens
1932
Utopia Mills
1947
Biggy Biggsworth
1942
Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
1933
Mrs. Williams
1957
Mrs. Emily Jones
1933
Aunt Navy
1941
Josephine
1938
Emma
1941
Mame Bacon
1941
Cora Elliot
1946
Kate Dixon
1941
Mrs. Rose Pierce
1939
Miss Sparks
1934
Melba York
1936
Mary Fancher
1951
Liz Eckhart
1956
Mrs. Grace Wingate
1945
Duchess
1955
Lizzie
1935
Minerva Van Dorn
1947
Amy Moran
1933
Fanny
1931
The Countess
1932
Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
1932
Anna
1934
Miss Frothingham
1933
Leila Kennett
1938
Self
1936
Zebby Booker
1946
Edna Yokum
1933
Sarah Rogers
1943
Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
1934
Sister Michael
1945
Mrs. Byng
1935
Mrs. Harriet Gould
1933
Mrs. Ellerbe
1933
Aunt Susan Beecher
1947
Dora Wilson
1934
Helen Davis
1936
Aunt Mimi
1936
Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
1933
Laura
1935
Mrs. Twitchell
1935
Mrs. George Peters
1934
Aunt Mary
1937
Daisy Watson
1938
Florrie Sands
1935
Eve Harper
1946
Vi Johnson
1936
Lil Higgins
1940
Polly Hope
1941
Emma Simpson
1934
Miss Stevens
1940
Mrs. Milo Everett
1941
Richview Hotel Maid
1933
Josephine
1938
Fanny Pratt
1927
Herself
1933
Grumpy
1938
Mrs. Sears
1933