Ruth Clifford
Known for: Acting
Born: February 16, 1900
Died: November 30, 1998
Place of birth: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
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
123 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
6.2
Mickey's Family Album
1998
3.7
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
7.2
Funny Girl
1968
6.4
Two Rode Together
1961
7.0
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
6.7
Designing Woman
1957
6.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957
7.7
The Searchers
1956
6.7
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
5.7
The Cobweb
1955
7.2
Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952
7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
6.7
Wagon Master
1950
6.6
Pluto and the Gopher
1950
6.5
Key to the City
1950
6.4
Whirlpool
1950
6.3
Free For All
1949
6.3
Father Was a Fullback
1949
4.8
You're My Everything
1949
6.8
Not Wanted
1949
6.8
Pluto's Sweater
1949
6.8
3 Godfathers
1948
6.7
Cry of the City
1948
6.1
The Luck of the Irish
1948
8.0
Hazard
1948
6.4
Donald's Dream Voice
1948
6.6
Mickey's Delayed Date
1947
5.7
Mother Wore Tights
1947
6.8
Figaro and Frankie
1947
7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
6.5
Bath Day
1946
5.9
Shock
1946
7.5
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
5.6
The Spider
1945
5.2
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
7.1
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
6.0
First Aiders
1944
6.5
The Lodger
1944
6.3
Coney Island
1943
7.1
Holiday Inn
1942
6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
5.4
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
6.5
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
5.7
Road to Happiness
1941
7.4
Ball of Fire
1941
8.0
Cadet Girl
1941
7.0
Mr. Celebrity
1941
7.0
Along the Rio Grande
1941
6.6
Lillian Russell
1940
7.3
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
5.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
7.0
Swanee River
1939
6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
6.5
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939
6.5
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
7.0
Safety in Numbers
1938
6.5
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
4.5
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
5.7
To Mary - with Love
1936
7.0
Paddy O'Day
1936
7.5
She Married Her Boss
1935
6.2
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
8.0
Stolen Harmony
1935
5.5
Let's Live Tonight
193510.0
Elmer and Elsie
1934
6.0
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934NR
Making the Rounds
1934
5.3
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
6.7
Woman Unafraid
1934
6.0
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
7.1
Only Yesterday
1933
7.1
Pilgrimage
1933
5.0
The Constant Woman
1933
9.0
The Hitchhiker
1933
5.8
Face in the Sky
1933
6.6
The Show of Shows
1929
7.0
The Eternal Woman
1929
7.0
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929
6.5
The Thrill Seekers
1927
7.0
Don Mike
1927
9.0
Lew Tyler's Wives
192610.0
Brooding Eyes
19268.0
The Storm Breaker
1925
9.0
The Love Hour
1925
7.1
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
10.0
Her Husband's Secret
1925
4.5
As Man Desires
1925
9.0
The Tornado
1925
9.0
Butterfly
1924
10.0
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
9.0
The Whispered Name
1924
7.5
Ponjola
1923
7.0
April Showers
1923
9.0
Hell's Hole
1923
7.0
Mothers-in-Law
1923
10.0
Daughters of the Rich
1923
7.0
Truxton King
1923
8.0
The Dangerous Age
1923
7.5
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
7.0
My Dad
1922
7.0
Tropical Love
1921
6.0
The Invisible Ray
1920
7.0
The Millionaire Pirate
1919
8.0
The Game's Up
1919
NR
The Cabaret Girl
1918
NR
The Lure of Luxury
1918
1.0
Fires of Youth
1918
NR
Midnight Madness
1918
NR
The Guilt of Silence
1918NR
The Red, Red Heart
1918
NR
Hungry Eyes
1918
NR
Hands Down
1918
NR
The Door Between
1917
NR
The Savage
1917
NR
The Desire of the Moth
1917
NR
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917
NR
Mother o' Mine
1917
NR
A Kentucky Cinderella
1917
NR
Eternal Love
1917
NR
Polly Put the Kettle On
1917
NR
Behind the Lines
1916