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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.946 |
| Birthday | 1896-05-17 |
| Place of Birth | North Trenton - New Jersey - USA |
| Also Known As |
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.884/1036
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1936
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
6/1
A behind-the-scenes look at the massive preparation in the production of Cosmopolitan's lavish musical comedy romance, 'Cain and Mabel."
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Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
7.499/352
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1935
Hands Across the Table
6.8/16
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Hands Across the Table
1945
The Bells of St. Mary's
6.8/129
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The Bells of St. Mary's
1941
Petticoat Politics
0/0
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1932
Jewel Robbery
6.5/38
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1938
A Slight Case of Murder
6.1/38
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A Slight Case of Murder
1933
Footlight Parade
6.9/83
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Footlight Parade
1951
The Secret of Convict Lake
6.5/28
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1940
My Little Chickadee
6.4/29
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My Little Chickadee
1956
Autumn Leaves
6.972/54
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Autumn Leaves
1955
A Lawless Street
5.4/29
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1932
Blessed Event
6.5/8
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1943
This Is the Army
5.7/21
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1933
Employees' Entrance
6.3/22
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1948
The Snake Pit
7/99
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The Snake Pit
1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
7.1/172
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
6.6/8
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1933
Private Detective 62
5.9/18
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Private Detective 62
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
5/2
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The Ghost Goes Wild
1933
Female
6.3/28
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1933
Lilly Turner
5.6/8
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Lilly Turner
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
4.8/5
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
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Merry Wives of Reno
1941
You Belong to Me
5.8/14
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You Belong to Me
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
4/3
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The Affairs of Annabel
1945
Pillow to Post
5.3/11
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Pillow to Post
1935
Alibi Ike
5.8/4
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Alibi Ike
1934
Wonder Bar
6.2/18
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Wonder Bar
1935
Personal Maid's Secret
5.5/4
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Personal Maid's Secret
1933
Ever in My Heart
5.3/12
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Ever in My Heart
1933
Sing, Sinner, Sing
4/1
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Sing, Sinner, Sing
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
5.8/10
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
1951
The Wild Blue Yonder
6/1
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The Wild Blue Yonder
1936
Cain and Mabel
6.273/11
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Cain and Mabel
1934
Housewife
7.6/9
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Housewife
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5/2
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1936
More Than a Secretary
6.4/7
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1935
Maybe It's Love
6/1
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
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1938
Army Girl
6/1
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Army Girl
1947
The Fabulous Texan
4/1
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1935
The White Cockatoo
5.3/7
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The White Cockatoo
1957
The Way to the Gold
0/0
Following his release from prison, an ex-con heads straight for a cache of gold buried somewhere in a small village.
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The Way to the Gold
1933
Just Around the Corner
6/2
Promotional short produced by General Electric for release through Warner Bros. to advertise GE's home appliances.
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Just Around the Corner
1933
Goodbye Again
5/7
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Goodbye Again
1933
Havana Widows
5.8/4
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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Havana Widows
1936
13 Hours by Air
4.333/6
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13 Hours by Air
1933
Convention City
3.5/2
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
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Convention City
1938
Personal Secretary
0/0
Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.
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Personal Secretary
1934
Mandalay
5.9/15
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Mandalay
1933
Hard to Handle
6.6/13
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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Hard to Handle
1940
Scatterbrain
0/0
A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.
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Scatterbrain
1938
Annabel Takes a Tour
5/2
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Annabel Takes a Tour
1946
Cross My Heart
0/0
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Cross My Heart
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
6/1
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
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Fighting Father Dunne
1931
The Spider
6/2
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occur...
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The Spider
1936
Fatal Lady
0/0
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughl...
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Fatal Lady
1934
Happiness Ahead
6/4
Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washe...
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Happiness Ahead
1939
The Family Next Door
5.2/4
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The Family Next Door
1934
Heat Lightning
6.8/14
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
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Heat Lightning
1946
Cinderella Jones
3.3/3
Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
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Cinderella Jones
1933
Ladies They Talk About
6.1/38
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
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Ladies They Talk About
1937
Portia on Trial
5.2/5
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Portia on Trial
1941
The Gay Vagabond
0/0
Farce of identical twins and a wife who takes up real estate business.
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The Gay Vagabond
1941
Sailors on Leave
0/0
If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.
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Sailors on Leave
1935
Traveling Saleslady
5.9/6
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a...
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Traveling Saleslady
1936
Song and Dance Man
0/0
Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of producer Alan.
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Song and Dance Man
1941
The Roundup
8/1
Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arb...
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The Roundup
1932
Make Me a Star
5.5/4
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
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Make Me a Star
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
5.6/16
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Bureau of Missing Persons
1935
Red Salute
5.8/6
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and...
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Red Salute
1938
Meet the Girls
4.5/2
Entertainers lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must become stowaways.
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Meet the Girls
1946
In Old Sacramento
6/3
Dashing Johnny Barrett has a secret identity: Spanish Jack, the masked bandit. Always one step ahead of the law, Barrett effortlessly balances his dou...
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In Old Sacramento
1955
The Spoilers
4.8/6
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.
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The Spoilers
1941
Model Wife
0/0
Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.
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Model Wife
1947
Little Miss Broadway
0/0
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway cha...
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Little Miss Broadway
1940
Meet the Missus
0/0
Gran Higgins falls under the spell of a love-starved widow.
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Meet the Missus
1944
Breakdowns of 1944
6.5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
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Breakdowns of 1944
1937
Roaring Timber
5/1
Jim Sherwood , toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his toughest assignment when he agrees to cut an enormous volume of timber for An...
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Roaring Timber
1942
Johnny Doughboy
5.5/6
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group o...
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Johnny Doughboy
1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
0/0
The ultimate Bobby Jones golf series reaches its climactic conclusion on board a speeding train to oblivion.
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How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1931
Wicked
0/0
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
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Wicked
1941
Rise and Shine
6/2
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game
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Rise and Shine
1934
Romance in the Rain
0/0
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
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Romance in the Rain
1943
Sleepy Lagoon
4.5/2
Young radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after running on an all women ticket and promptly sets out to t...
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Sleepy Lagoon
1932
The Rainbow Trail
0/0
The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.
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The Rainbow Trail
1947
Millie's Daughter
1/1
An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.
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Millie's Daughter
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.1/33
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1927
Rubber Heels
0/0
A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal t...
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