Ruth Donnelly
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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 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.
Acting
Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Emma Hopper
1939
Movie
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Mabel Dawson
1936
Movie
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Martha
1950
Movie
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Sister Michael
1945
Movie
The Snake Pit
as Ruth
1948
Movie
Footlight Parade
as Mrs. Harriet Gould
1933
Movie
Autumn Leaves
as Liz Eckhart
1956
Movie
Jewel Robbery
as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
1932
Movie
A Slight Case of Murder
as Nora Marko
1938
Movie
Ladies They Talk About
as Noonan
1933
Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Nurse Hamilton
1943
Movie
My Little Chickadee
as Aunt Lou
1940
Movie
A Lawless Street
as Molly Higgins
1955
Movie
Female
as Miss Frothingham
1933
Movie
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Mary Fancher
1951
Movie
Employees' Entrance
as Miss Hall, Anderson's secretary
1933
Movie
This Is the Army
as Mrs. O'Brien
1943
Movie
Private Detective 62
as Amy Moran
1933
Movie
Wonder Bar
as Emma Simpson
1934
Movie
Hands Across the Table
as Laura
1935
Movie
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris
1933
Movie
Mandalay
as Mrs. George Peters
1934
Movie
Heat Lightning
as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
1934
Movie
Hard to Handle
as Lil Waters
1933