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