Ruth Clifford
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Sunset Boulevard
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
1950
Film
Holiday Inn
Guest at Inn (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Searchers
Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
1956
Film
3 Godfathers
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Quiet Man
Mother (uncredited)
1952
Film
My Darling Clementine
Opera House Patron (uncredited)
1946
Film
Funny Girl
Maid (uncredited)
1968
Film
Cry of the City
Nurse
1948
Film
Two Rode Together
Woman (uncredited)
1961
Film
Ball of Fire
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1941
Film
Wagon Master
Fleuretty Phyffe
1950
Film
Leave Her to Heaven
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Phantom of the Opera
Ballerina (uncredited)
1925
Film
The Last Hurrah
Nurse (uncredited)
1958
Film
The Lodger
Hairdresser (uncredited)
1944
Film
Whirlpool
Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
1950
Film
Sergeant Rutledge
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
1960
Film
The Cobweb
Mrs. Jenkins
1955
Film
Designing Woman
Vanessa Cole
1957
Film
The Keys of the Kingdom
Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Florence (uncredited)
1956
Film
The Wings of Eagles
Tourist (uncredited)
1957
Film
Drums Along the Mohawk
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
1939
Film
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
1929
Film
Free For All
Miss Berry (uncredited)
1949
Film
Stand Up and Cheer!
Secretary
1934
Film
Only Yesterday
Eleanor (Uncredited)
1933
Film
The Luck of the Irish
Secretary
1948
Film
Don Mike
Mary Kelsey
1927
Film
Bath Day
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Film
Not Wanted
Mrs. Stone
1949
Film
Coney Island
Saloon Patron
1943
Film
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
1942
Film
Key to the City
Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
1950
Film
Mickey's Delayed Date
Minnie Mouse (voice)
1947
Film
Swanee River
Bit Role
1939
Film
Pluto and the Gopher
Minnie Mouse (voice)
1950
Film
Pluto's Sweater
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
You're My Everything
Nurse (uncredited)
1949
Film
Pilgrimage
1933
Film
Figaro and Frankie
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Film
Hands Down
Hilda Stuyvesant
1918
Film
Four Men and a Prayer
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1938
Film
My Dad
Dawn
1922
Film
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Mrs. Finney
1940
Film
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
1935
Film
Father Was a Fullback
Neighbor
1949
Film
Mother Wore Tights
Resort Guest (uncredited)
1947
Film
Shock
Margaret Cross (uncredited)
1946
Film
Mr. Celebrity
Woman In Convertible
1941
Film
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Nurse
1938
Film
The Savage
Marie Louise
1917
Film
She Married Her Boss
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
1935
Film
She Married Her Boss
Shopper
1935
Film
Safety in Numbers
Mrs. Hensley
1938
Film
Lillian Russell
Extra
1940
Film
Whom the Gods Destroy
Frightened Balkan Passenger
1934
Film
Wife, Husband and Friend
Seamstress
1939
Film
Stolen Harmony
Nurse (uncredited)
1935
Film
Eternal Love
Mignon
1917
Film
The Cabaret Girl
Ann Reid
1918
Film
Hungry Eyes
Mary Jane Appleton
1918
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Nurse (uncredited)
1936
Film
Face in the Sky
Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
1933
Film
Circumstantial Evidence
Bridge Player (uncredited)
1945
Film
Cadet Girl
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
1941
Film
Let's Live Tonight
American
1935
Film
To Mary - with Love
Nurse
1936
Film
Truxton King
Lorraine
1923
Film
Road to Happiness
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1941
The Red, Red Heart
Rhoda Tuttle
1918
Film
Blue, White and Perfect
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
1942
Film
First Aiders
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Hazard
Waitress (uncredited)
1948
Film
It Happened in Flatbush
Ruth (uncredited)
1942
The Storm Breaker
Lysette DeJon
1925
Film
Paddy O'Day
Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
1936
Film
The Spider
Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
1945
Film
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
1924
Film
Lew Tyler's Wives
Jessie Winkler
1926
Film
Behind the Lines
Camilla
1916
Film
Ponjola
Gay Lypiatt
1923
Elmer and Elsie
Mamie
1934
Film
Free, Blonde and 21
Nurse
1940
Film
Along the Rio Grande
Paula
1941
Film
The Desire of the Moth
Stella Vorhis
1917
Film
Fires of Youth
Lucille Linforth
1918
Film
Donald's Dream Voice
Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Film
Butterfly
Hilary Collier
1924
Film
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Friend of Miss Fane
1934
Mickey's Family Album
Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1998
Film
The Door Between
Heloise Crocker
1917
Film
April Showers
Miriam Welton
1923
Film
Her Husband's Secret
Mrs. Pearce
1925
Film
The Constant Woman
Speakeasy Floozie
1933
Film
The Eternal Woman
Doris Forbes
1929
Film
The Hitchhiker
Adolph's Wife
1933
Film
Mothers-in-Law
Vianna Courtleigh
1923
Film
As Man Desires
Gloria Gordon
1925
Film
The Game's Up
Ruth Elliott
1919
Film
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Marion Trevor
1923
Film
The Love Hour
Betty Brown
1925
Film
The Guilt of Silence
Mary
1918
Film
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Herself
1993
Film
The Whispered Name
Anne Gray
1924
Film
Tropical Love
Rosario
1921
Film
Midnight Madness
Gertrude Temple
1918
Film
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
Clara Hawthorne
1917
Film
The Dangerous Age
Gloria Sanderson
1923
Film
The Millionaire Pirate
The Girl
1919
Film
Woman Unafraid
Kate
1934
Film
Hell's Hole
Dorothy Owen
1923
Brooding Eyes
Joan Ayre
1926
Film
The Invisible Ray
Mystery
1920
Film
The Thrill Seekers
Adrean Wainwright
1927
The Devil's Apple Tree
Jane Morris
1929
Film
Daughters of the Rich
Sally Malakoff
1923
Making the Rounds
1934
Film
The Tornado
Ruth Travers
1925
Film
Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly Vance
1917
Film
A Kentucky Cinderella
Nannie
1917
Film
The Lure of Luxury
Dale Aldis
1918
Film
Mother o' Mine
Catherine Thurston
1917