Ruth Clifford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 16, 1900
- Died
- November 30, 1998 (aged 98)
- Birthplace
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
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".
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Filmography
Mickey's Family Album
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Movie · as Herself
Funny Girl
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie · as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
Designing Woman
Movie · as Vanessa Cole
The Wings of Eagles
Movie · as Tourist (uncredited)
The Searchers
Movie · as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie · as Florence (uncredited)
The Cobweb
Movie · as Mrs. Jenkins
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
Movie · as Mother (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Movie · as Fleuretty Phyffe
Key to the City
Movie · as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Movie · as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Whirlpool
Movie · as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
Pluto and the Gopher
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (voice)
You're My Everything
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
Father Was a Fullback
Movie · as Neighbor
Not Wanted
Movie · as Mrs. Stone
Pluto's Sweater
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Free For All
Movie · as Miss Berry (uncredited)
Donald's Dream Voice
Movie · as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
The Luck of the Irish
Movie · as Secretary
Cry of the City
Movie · as Nurse
Hazard
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
Movie · as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Mickey's Delayed Date
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (voice)
Mother Wore Tights
Movie · as Resort Guest (uncredited)
Figaro and Frankie
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Bath Day
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
Movie · as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Shock
Movie · as Margaret Cross (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
Movie · as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie · as Bridge Player (uncredited)
The Spider
Movie · as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
First Aiders
Movie · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie · as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
The Lodger
Movie · as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Coney Island
Movie · as Saloon Patron
Holiday Inn
Movie · as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Movie · as Ruth (uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect
Movie · as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Movie · as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
Movie · as Woman In Convertible
Along the Rio Grande
Movie · as Paula
Road to Happiness
Movie · as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Movie · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
Movie · as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie · as Mrs. Finney
Lillian Russell
Movie · as Extra
Free, Blonde and 21
Movie · as Nurse
Wife, Husband and Friend
Movie · as Seamstress
Swanee River
Movie · as Bit Role
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie · as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Four Men and a Prayer
Movie · as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Safety in Numbers
Movie · as Mrs. Hensley
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Movie · as Nurse
To Mary - with Love
Movie · as Nurse
Paddy O'Day
Movie · as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
Stolen Harmony
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss
Movie · as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited), Shopper
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Movie · as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
Let's Live Tonight
Movie · as American
Woman Unafraid
Movie · as Kate
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Movie · as Friend of Miss Fane
Making the Rounds
Movie
Stand Up and Cheer!
Movie · as Secretary
Whom the Gods Destroy
Movie · as Frightened Balkan Passenger
Elmer and Elsie
Movie · as Mamie
The Constant Woman
Movie · as Speakeasy Floozie
The Hitchhiker
Movie · as Adolph's Wife
Face in the Sky
Movie · as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
Pilgrimage
Movie
Only Yesterday
Movie · as Eleanor (Uncredited)
The Devil's Apple Tree
Movie · as Jane Morris
The Show of Shows
Movie · as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
The Eternal Woman
Movie · as Doris Forbes
The Thrill Seekers
Movie · as Adrean Wainwright
Don Mike
Movie · as Mary Kelsey
Brooding Eyes
Movie · as Joan Ayre
Lew Tyler's Wives
Movie · as Jessie Winkler
As Man Desires
Movie · as Gloria Gordon
The Tornado
Movie · as Ruth Travers
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Ballerina (uncredited)
The Love Hour
Movie · as Betty Brown
Her Husband's Secret
Movie · as Mrs. Pearce
The Storm Breaker
Movie · as Lysette DeJon
The Whispered Name
Movie · as Anne Gray
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Movie · as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
Butterfly
Movie · as Hilary Collier
Hell's Hole
Movie · as Dorothy Owen
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Movie · as Marion Trevor
The Dangerous Age
Movie · as Gloria Sanderson
April Showers
Movie · as Miriam Welton
Ponjola
Movie · as Gay Lypiatt
Mothers-in-Law
Movie · as Vianna Courtleigh
Truxton King
Movie · as Lorraine
Daughters of the Rich
Movie · as Sally Malakoff
My Dad
Movie · as Dawn
Tropical Love
Movie · as Rosario
The Invisible Ray
Movie · as Mystery
The Game's Up
Movie · as Ruth Elliott
The Millionaire Pirate
Movie · as The Girl
Midnight Madness
Movie · as Gertrude Temple
The Cabaret Girl
Movie · as Ann Reid
Fires of Youth
Movie · as Lucille Linforth
Hands Down
Movie · as Hilda Stuyvesant
The Lure of Luxury
Movie · as Dale Aldis
Hungry Eyes
Movie · as Mary Jane Appleton
The Red, Red Heart
Movie · as Rhoda Tuttle
The Guilt of Silence
Movie · as Mary
The Desire of the Moth
Movie · as Stella Vorhis
The Door Between
Movie · as Heloise Crocker
The Savage
Movie · as Marie Louise
A Kentucky Cinderella
Movie · as Nannie
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
Movie · as Clara Hawthorne
Mother o' Mine
Movie · as Catherine Thurston
Eternal Love
Movie · as Mignon
Polly Put the Kettle On
Movie · as Polly Vance
Behind the Lines
Movie · as Camilla