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Ruth Clifford
Actor
Born February 16, 1900Died November 30, 1998 (98 years)
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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".
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".
Filmography
| 1998 | Mickey's Family Album · as Minnie Mouse (mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) |
| 1983 | A Disney Christmas Gift · as Minnie Mouse |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Mrs. Stewart |
| 1968 | Funny Girl · as Maid (uncredited) |
| 1964 | I'd Rather Be Rich · as Director's Wife |
| 1963 | Grindl (TV Series) · as Mrs. Reynolds |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Librarian |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Mrs. Denton |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together · as Woman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Sergeant Rutledge · as Officer's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Melanie |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Designing Woman · as Vanessa Cole |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles · as Tourist |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Millie |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life · as Churchgoer |
| 1956 | The Searchers · as Deranged Woman At Fort (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit · as Florence |
| 1955 | The Cobweb · as Mrs. Jenkins |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) · as Helen Melton |
| 1955 | Jungle Jim (TV Series) · as Lady Forsythe |
| 1955 | A Man Called Peter · as Nurse |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mason |
| 1955 | Prince of Players · as English Nurse |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Mrs. Adams |
| 1953 | Flight Nurse · as Mother |
| 1953 | Give a Girl a Break · as Madelyn's Mother |
| 1953 | I Led 3 Lives (TV Series) · as Eva's Mother |
| 1952 | Stars and Stripes Forever · as Brooklyn Navy Yard Nurse |
| 1952 | Pluto's Christmas Tree · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Pluto's Party · as Mickey's Nephews |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man · as Mother (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Mrs. Davies |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard · as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Key to the City · as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Wagon Master · as Fleuretty Phyffe |
| 1950 | Crazy Over Daisy · as Daisy Duck |
| 1950 | Pluto and the Gopher · as Minnie Mouse |
| 1950 | Whirlpool · as Nurse Eliott (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Everybody Does It · as Nurse |
| 1949 | Free for All · as Miss Berry (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Father Was a Fullback · as Neighbor |
| 1949 | You're My Everything · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Not Wanted · as Mrs. Stone |
| 1949 | Pluto's Sweater · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Farnsworth |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers · as Woman In Bar (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Unfaithfully Yours · as Saleslady |
| 1948 | The Walls of Jericho · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit · as Nurse |
| 1948 | Cry of the City · as Nurse |
| 1948 | The Luck of the Irish · as Secretary |
| 1948 | Green Grass of Wyoming · as Race Spectator |
| 1948 | Hazard · as Waitress (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Donald's Dream Voice · as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Mickey's Delayed Date · as Minnie Mouse (voice) |
| 1947 | Mother Wore Tights · as Resort Guest (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Figaro and Frankie · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Sleepy Time Donald · as Daisy Duck |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine · as Opera House Patron (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Margie · as Audience Spectator At Debate |
| 1946 | Bath Day · as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Donald's Double Trouble · as Daisy Duck |
| 1946 | |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven · as Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Spider · as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant |
| 1945 | Cured Duck · as Daisy Duck |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence · as Bridge Player (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom · as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited) |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling · as Mrs. Phillips |
| 1944 | The Lodger · as Hairdresser (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Coney Island · as Saloon Patron |
| 1943 | Immortal Sergeant · as Nightclub Patron |
| 1942 | Holiday Inn · as Guest At Inn (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point · as Graduation Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1942 | It Happened in Flatbush · as Ruth (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Land of the Open Range · as Mrs. Palmer |
| 1942 | Blue, White and Perfect · as Ship's Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Road to Happiness · as Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire · as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley · as Village Woman |
| 1941 | We Go Fast · as Miss Kertz - Hempstead's Secretary |
| 1941 | Along the Rio Grande · as Paula |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady · as Maid |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell · as Extra |
| 1940 | Free, Blonde and 21 · as Nurse |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · as Mrs. Finney |
| 1939 | Swanee River · as Bit Role |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk · as Pioneer Woman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Wife, Husband and Friend · as Seamstress |
| 1938 | Charlie Chan in Honolulu · as Nurse |
| 1938 | Keep Smiling · as Schoolteacher |
| 1938 | Four Men and a Prayer · as Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1936 | To Mary - with Love · as Nurse |
| 1936 | The Crime of Dr. Forbes · as Reporter |
| 1936 | Paddy O'Day · as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger |
| 1935 | She Married Her Boss · as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Dante's Inferno · as Mrs. Gray |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife · as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife |
| 1935 | Ginger · as Society Woman |
| 1935 | Stolen Harmony · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Lady by Choice · as Undetermined Role |
| 1934 | Whom the Gods Destroy · as Frightened Balkan Passenger |
| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! · as Secretary |
| 1934 | Woman Unafraid · as Kate |
| 1934 | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen · as Friend Of Miss Fane |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday · as Eleanor (uncredited) |
| 1933 | On Ice · as Cast |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | The Constant Woman · as Speakeasy Floozie |
| 1933 | Face in the Sky · as Hotel Guest With Dog (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Sign of the Cross · as Christian Mother At Meeting |
| 1929 | Show of Shows · as Performer In 'ladies Of The Ensemble' Number (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Phantom of the Opera · as Ballerina (uncredited) |
| 1923 | The Face on the Bar-Room Floor · as Marion Trevor |