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Ruth Clifford
Born · February 16, 1900
Died · November 30, 1998 (98 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Bio
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".
Mickey's Family Album
Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice)
6.2
1998
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Herself
1.0
1993
Funny Girl
Maid (uncredited)
7.2
1968
Two Rode Together
Woman (uncredited)
6.4
1961
Sergeant Rutledge
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
7.1
1960
The Last Hurrah
Nurse (uncredited)
7.1
1958
Designing Woman
Vanessa Cole
6.6
1957
The Searchers
Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
7.7
1956
The Cobweb
Mrs. Jenkins
5.8
1955
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
7.1
1952
The Quiet Man
Mother (uncredited)
7.3
1952
Sunset Boulevard
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
8.3
1950
Wagon Master
Fleuretty Phyffe
6.7
1950
Key to the City
Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
6.1
1950
Whirlpool
Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
6.4
1950
Free For All
Miss Berry (uncredited)
6.0
1949
Father Was a Fullback
Neighbor
6.0
1949
You're My Everything
Nurse (uncredited)
3.3
1949
Not Wanted
Mrs. Stone
6.8
1949
Pluto's Sweater
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
6.7
1949
3 Godfathers
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
6.8
1948
Cry of the City
Nurse
6.8
1948
The Luck of the Irish
Secretary
5.6
1948
Hazard
Waitress (uncredited)
8.0
1948
Donald's Dream Voice
Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
6.1
1948
Mickey's Delayed Date
Minnie Mouse (voice)
6.5
1947
Mother Wore Tights
Resort Guest (uncredited)
5.3
1947
Figaro and Frankie
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
6.8
1947
My Darling Clementine
Opera House Patron (uncredited)
7.4
1946
Bath Day
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
6.5
1946
Shock
Mrs. Margaret Cross
5.9
1946
Leave Her to Heaven
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
7.4
1945
The Spider
Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
5.3
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
Bridge Player (uncredited)
4.8
1945
The Keys of the Kingdom
Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
7.0
1944
First Aiders
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
5.9
1944
The Lodger
Hairdresser (uncredited)
6.3
1944
Coney Island
Saloon Patron
5.3
1943
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
5.8
1942
It Happened in Flatbush
Ruth (uncredited)
4.8
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
6.3
1942
Holiday Inn
Guest at Inn (uncredited)
7.0
1942
Road to Happiness
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
5.5
1941
Ball of Fire
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
7.4
1941
Cadet Girl
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
0.0
1941
Mr. Celebrity
Woman In Convertible
4.0
1941
Along the Rio Grande
Paula
6.3
1941
Lillian Russell
Extra
6.1
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
Nurse
8.0
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Mrs. Finney
4.0
1940
Swanee River
Bit Role
6.5
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
6.5
1939
Wife, Husband and Friend
Seamstress
6.0
1939
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Nurse
6.4
1938
Safety in Numbers
Mrs. Hensley
0.0
1938
Four Men and a Prayer
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
6.3
1938
Hollywood Boulevard
Nurse (uncredited)
2.5
1936
To Mary - with Love
Nurse
4.5
1936
Paddy O'Day
Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
7.0
1936
She Married Her Boss
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
7.0
1935
She Married Her Boss
Shopper
7.0
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
6.1
1935
Stolen Harmony
Nurse (uncredited)
6.0
1935
Let's Live Tonight
American
1.0
1935
Whom the Gods Destroy
Frightened Balkan Passenger
5.5
1934
Making the Rounds
0.0
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
Secretary
4.8
1934
Woman Unafraid
Kate
5.0
1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Friend of Miss Fane
5.0
1934
Only Yesterday
Eleanor (Uncredited)
6.8
1933
Pilgrimage
6.7
1933
The Constant Woman
Speakeasy Floozie
5.0
1933
The Hitchhiker
Adolph's Wife
0.0
1933
Face in the Sky
Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
4.5
1933
Show of Shows
Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
5.5
1929
The Eternal Woman
Doris Forbes
0.0
1929
The Devil's Apple Tree
Jane Morris
0.0
1929
The Thrill Seekers
Adrean Wainwright
6.0
1927
Don Mike
Mary Kelsey
0.0
1927
Brooding Eyes
Joan Ayre
0.0
1926
The Phantom of the Opera
Ballerina (uncredited)
7.1
1925
As Man Desires
Gloria Gordon
3.0
1925
The Tornado
Ruth Travers
0.0
1925
Butterfly
Hilary Collier
0.0
1924
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
0.0
1924
The Whispered Name
Anne Gray
0.0
1924
Ponjola
Gay Lypiatt
5.0
1923
April Showers
Miriam Welton
0.0
1923
Hell's Hole
Dorothy Owen
0.0
1923
Mothers-in-Law
Vianna Courtleigh
0.0
1923
Truxton King
Lorraine
0.0
1923
The Dangerous Age
Gloria Sanderson
0.0
1923
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Marion Trevor
5.0
1923
My Dad
Dawn
0.0
1922
Tropical Love
Rosario
0.0
1921
The Invisible Ray
Mystery
5.0
1920
The Millionaire Pirate
The Girl
0.0
1919
The Game's Up
Ruth Elliott
0.0
1919
The Cabaret Girl
Ann Reid
0.0
1918
The Lure of Luxury
Dale Aldis
0.0
1918
Fires of Youth
Lucille Linforth
1.0
1918
Midnight Madness
Gertrude Temple
0.0
1918
Hungry Eyes
Mary Jane Appleton
0.0
1918
Hands Down
Hilda Stuyvesant
0.0
1918
The Door Between
Heloise Crocker
0.0
1917
The Savage
Marie Louise
0.0
1917
The Desire of the Moth
Stella Vorhis
0.0
1917
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
Clara Hawthorne
0.0
1917
Mother o' Mine
Catherine Thurston
0.0
1917
A Kentucky Cinderella
Nannie
0.0
1917
Eternal Love
Mignon
0.0
1917
Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly Vance
0.0
1917
Behind the Lines
Camilla
0.0
1916