
Ruth Chatterton
Known for Acting · 31 credits
- Born
- 1892-12-23
- Died
- 1961-11-25
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, one of the few female pilots in the United States at the time. In the late 1930s, Chatterton retired from film acting but continued her career on the stage. She had several TV roles beginning in the late 1940s and became a successful novelist in the 1950s.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (29)

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

Unfaithful
1931
as Lady Fay Kilkerry

Dodsworth
1936
as Fran Dodsworth

The Crash
1932
as Linda Gault

Madame X
1929
as Jacqueline Floriot

Frisco Jenny
1933
as Frisco Jenny Sandoval

The Dummy
1929
as Agnes Meredith

Lilly Turner
1933
as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon

The Rat
1937
as Zelia de Chaumont

Charming Sinners
1929
as Kathryn Miles

Girls' Dormitory
1936
as Professor Anna Mathe

The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)

The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Alison Drake (archive footage)

Lady of Secrets
1936
as Celia Whittaker

Female
1933
as Alison Drake

Once a Lady
1931
as Anna Keremazoff

Paramount on Parade
1930
as Floozie

The Doctor's Secret
1929
as Lillian Garson

Journal of a Crime
1934
as Francoise Mollet

The Lady of Scandal
1930
as Elsie

A Royal Divorce
1938
as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Anybody's Woman
1930
as Pansy Gray

The Laughing Lady
1929
as Marjorie Lee

The Magnificent Lie
1931
as Poll

The Right to Love
1930
as Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg

Sarah and Son
1930
as Sarah Storm

Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Greta Blanke

Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1932
as Eve Redman
About Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, one of the few female pilots in the United States at the time. In the late 1930s, Chatterton retired from film acting but continued her career on the stage. She had several TV roles beginning in the late 1940s and became a successful novelist in the 1950s. With 31 credits spanning from 1928 to 2008, Ruth Chatterton has appeared in 29 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ruth Chatterton Movies
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- Unfaithful (1931) — as Lady Fay Kilkerry
- Dodsworth (1936) — as Fran Dodsworth
- The Crash (1932) — as Linda Gault
- Madame X (1929) — as Jacqueline Floriot
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