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Ruth Clifford

Acting

1.3 Popularity Feb 16, 1900 (98 years old) Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

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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 sub...

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".

Filmography 113

1998
Mickey's Family Album Movie

as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice)

1968
Funny Girl Movie

as Maid (uncredited)

1961
Two Rode Together Movie

as Woman (uncredited)

1960
Sergeant Rutledge Movie

as Officer's Wife (uncredited)

1958
The Last Hurrah Movie

as Nurse (uncredited)

1957
Designing Woman Movie

as Vanessa Cole

1956
The Searchers Movie

as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)

1955
The Cobweb Movie

as Mrs. Jenkins

1952
Pluto's Christmas Tree Movie

as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

1952
The Quiet Man Movie

as Mother (uncredited)

1950
Sunset Boulevard Movie

as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

1950
Wagon Master Movie

as Fleuretty Phyffe

1950
Key to the City Movie

as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)

1950
Whirlpool Movie

as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)

1949
Free For All Movie

as Miss Berry (uncredited)

1949
Father Was a Fullback Movie

as Neighbor

1949
You're My Everything Movie

as Nurse (uncredited)

1949
Not Wanted Movie

as Mrs. Stone

1949
Pluto's Sweater Movie

as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Female
Birthday February 16, 1900 (98 years old)
Died November 30, 1998
Place of Birth Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Also Known As Ruth Clifford Cornelius, Ruth Cornelius
Years Active 1916 - 1998
Popularity 1.3
Career Stats
113 Total Credits
113 Movie Roles
2 Photos