Ruth Donnelly

Known for ActingBorn 1896-05-17Died 1982-11-17North Trenton - New Jersey - USA

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.Read more

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Fatal Lady

Cross My Heart

Petticoat Politics

The Gay Vagabond

The Roundup

Romance in the Rain

The Rainbow Trail

The Way to the Gold

Little Miss Broadway

Sailors on Leave

Personal Secretary

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Fighting Father Dunne

Scatterbrain

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Rise and Shine

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Housewife

The Snake Pit

Autumn Leaves

The Wild Blue Yonder

Heat Lightning

Meet the Missus

Song and Dance Man

Hands Across the Table

Maybe It's Love

The Spider

Rubber Heels

The Bells of St. Mary's

Hard to Handle

In Old Sacramento

Blessed Event

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

Footlight Parade

Army Girl

The Secret of Convict Lake

The Fabulous Texan

Happiness Ahead

Breakdowns of 1944

Havana Widows

More Than a Secretary

Model Wife

My Little Chickadee

Jewel Robbery

Sing, Sinner, Sing

A Slight Case of Murder