Ruth Clifford
Known for Acting · 122 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)
3 Godfathers
1948
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
1952
as Mother (uncredited)
Holiday Inn
1942
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
Funny Girl
1968
as Maid (uncredited)
Movies (122)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
1948
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
1952
as Mother (uncredited)
Holiday Inn
1942
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
Funny Girl
1968
as Maid (uncredited)
Don Mike
1927
as Mary Kelsey
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Eternal Love
1917
as Mignon
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
My Dad
1922
as Dawn
Ball of Fire
1941
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Woman (uncredited)
The Savage
1917
as Marie Louise
Hungry Eyes
1918
as Mary Jane Appleton
Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
as Ballerina (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
The Cobweb
1955
as Mrs. Jenkins
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Tourist (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
1941
as Woman In Convertible
She Married Her Boss
1935
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited) / Shopper
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939
as Seamstress
Wagon Master
1950
as Fleuretty Phyffe
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Secretary
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Nurse (uncredited)
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Cry of the City
1948
as Nurse
Her Husband's Secret
1925
as Mrs. Pearce
Hands Down
1918
as Hilda Stuyvesant
Whirlpool
1950
as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
The Storm Breaker
1925
as Lysette DeJon
The Luck of the Irish
1948
as Secretary
Designing Woman
1957
as Vanessa Cole
Elmer and Elsie
1934
as Mamie
The Millionaire Pirate
1919
as The Girl
Only Yesterday
1933
as Eleanor (Uncredited)
Not Wanted
1949
as Mrs. Stone
Mickey's Delayed Date
1947
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Neighbor
The Lodger
1944
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Fires of Youth
1918
as Lucille Linforth
Shock
1946
as Margaret Cross (uncredited)
Pluto and the Gopher
1950
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
Coney Island
1943
as Saloon Patron
Key to the City
1950
as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
The Desire of the Moth
1917
as Stella Vorhis
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
as Nurse
Swanee River
1939
as Bit Role
Lew Tyler's Wives
1926
as Jessie Winkler
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Pluto's Sweater
1949
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Bath Day
1946
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Pilgrimage
1933
The Love Hour
1925
as Betty Brown
Mother Wore Tights
1947
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
Mickey's Family Album
1998
as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Hazard
1948
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
Lillian Russell
1940
as Extra
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Daughters of the Rich
1923
as Sally Malakoff
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Frightened Balkan Passenger
The Red, Red Heart
1918
as Rhoda Tuttle
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Ruth (uncredited)
Donald's Dream Voice
1948
as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
The Cabaret Girl
1918
as Ann Reid
You're My Everything
1949
as Nurse (uncredited)
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
The Door Between
1917
as Heloise Crocker
The Guilt of Silence
1918
as Mary
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Along the Rio Grande
1941
as Paula
First Aiders
1944
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Figaro and Frankie
1947
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
1941
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
Face in the Sky
1933
as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
Safety in Numbers
1938
as Mrs. Hensley
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
as Friend of Miss Fane
Stolen Harmony
1935
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Floozie
Road to Happiness
1941
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
The Dangerous Age
1923
as Gloria Sanderson
Free For All
1949
as Miss Berry (uncredited)
Woman Unafraid
1934
as Kate
Truxton King
1923
as Lorraine
The Spider
1945
as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Mrs. Finney
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Nurse (uncredited)
Midnight Madness
1918
as Gertrude Temple
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
as Nurse
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917
as Clara Hawthorne
The Eternal Woman
1929
as Doris Forbes
Behind the Lines
1916
as Camilla
The Hitchhiker
1933
as Adolph's Wife
Polly Put the Kettle On
1917
as Polly Vance
Tropical Love
1921
as Rosario
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
as Herself
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
as Marion Trevor
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Nurse
The Whispered Name
1924
as Anne Gray
Let's Live Tonight
1935
as American
Mothers-in-Law
1923
as Vianna Courtleigh
Making the Rounds
1934
April Showers
1923
as Miriam Welton
The Lure of Luxury
1918
as Dale Aldis
As Man Desires
1925
as Gloria Gordon
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929
as Jane Morris
The Tornado
1925
as Ruth Travers
Brooding Eyes
1926
as Joan Ayre
Ponjola
1923
as Gay Lypiatt
The Game's Up
1919
as Ruth Elliott
Hell's Hole
1923
as Dorothy Owen
Butterfly
1924
as Hilary Collier
The Invisible Ray
1920
as Mystery
The Thrill Seekers
1927
as Adrean Wainwright
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 122 credits spanning from 1916 to 1998, Ruth Clifford has appeared in 122 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)
- 3 Godfathers (1948) — as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
- The Quiet Man (1952) — as Mother (uncredited)
- Holiday Inn (1942) — as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
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