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".
Acted in 118
1960s
- 1968
- 1961
Two Rode Together
Woman (uncredited)
- 1960
Sergeant Rutledge
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
1950s
- 1958
The Last Hurrah
Nurse (uncredited)
- 1957
Designing Woman
Vanessa Cole
The Wings of Eagles
Tourist (uncredited)
- 1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Florence (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1952
- 1950
Wagon Master
Fleuretty Phyffe
Key to the City
Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
Free For All
Miss Berry (uncredited)
Father Was a Fullback
Neighbor
You're My Everything
Nurse (uncredited)
- 1948
Cry of the City
Nurse
The Luck of the Irish
Secretary
Hazard
Waitress (uncredited)
Donald's Dream Voice
Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
- 1947
Mother Wore Tights
Resort Guest (uncredited)
- 1946
Shock
Margaret Cross (uncredited)
- 1945
The Spider
Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
Circumstantial Evidence
Bridge Player (uncredited)
- 1944
First Aiders
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943
Coney Island
Saloon Patron
- 1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Ruth (uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
- 1941
Road to Happiness
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
Woman In Convertible
Along the Rio Grande
Paula
- 1940
Lillian Russell
Extra
Free, Blonde and 21
Nurse
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Mrs. Finney
1930s
- 1939
Swanee River
Bit Role
Drums Along the Mohawk
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Wife, Husband and Friend
Seamstress
- 1938
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Nurse
Safety in Numbers
Mrs. Hensley
Four Men and a Prayer
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- 1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Nurse (uncredited)
To Mary - with Love
Nurse
Paddy O'Day
Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
- 1935
She Married Her Boss
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited), Shopper
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
Stolen Harmony
Nurse (uncredited)
Let's Live Tonight
American
- 1934
Elmer and Elsie
Mamie
Whom the Gods Destroy
Frightened Balkan Passenger
Stand Up and Cheer!
Secretary
Woman Unafraid
Kate
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Friend of Miss Fane
- 1933
Only Yesterday
Eleanor (Uncredited)
The Constant Woman
Speakeasy Floozie
The Hitchhiker
Adolph's Wife
Face in the Sky
Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
1920s
- 1929
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
The Eternal Woman
Doris Forbes
The Devil's Apple Tree
Jane Morris
- 1927
The Thrill Seekers
Adrean Wainwright
- 1926
Lew Tyler's Wives
Jessie Winkler
- 1925
The Love Hour
Betty Brown
Her Husband's Secret
Mrs. Pearce
As Man Desires
Gloria Gordon
The Tornado
Ruth Travers
- 1924
Butterfly
Hilary Collier
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
The Whispered Name
Anne Gray
- 1923
Ponjola
Gay Lypiatt
April Showers
Miriam Welton
Hell's Hole
Dorothy Owen
Mothers-in-Law
Vianna Courtleigh
Daughters of the Rich
Sally Malakoff
Truxton King
Lorraine
The Dangerous Age
Gloria Sanderson
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Marion Trevor
- 1922
- 1921
Tropical Love
Rosario
- 1920
The Invisible Ray
Mystery
1910s
- 1919
The Millionaire Pirate
The Girl
The Game's Up
Ruth Elliott
- 1918
The Cabaret Girl
Ann Reid
The Lure of Luxury
Dale Aldis
Fires of Youth
Lucille Linforth
Midnight Madness
Gertrude Temple
The Guilt of Silence
Mary
The Red, Red Heart
Rhoda Tuttle
- 1917
The Door Between
Heloise Crocker
The Savage
Marie Louise
The Desire of the Moth
Stella Vorhis
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
Clara Hawthorne
Mother o' Mine
Catherine Thurston
A Kentucky Cinderella
Nannie
Eternal Love
Mignon
Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly Vance
- 1916
Behind the Lines
Camilla
Appearances1
1990s
- 1993
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Herself