Ruth Clifford
Born February 16, 1900 (Age: 126)
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Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
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".
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
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
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as Herself
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Age: 93
Funny Girl
1968
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as Maid (uncredited)
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Age: 68
Two Rode Together
1961
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as Woman (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
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as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
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Age: 60
The Last Hurrah
1958
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as Nurse (uncredited)
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Age: 58
The Searchers
1956
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as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
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Age: 56
The Cobweb
1955
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as Mrs. Jenkins
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Age: 55
Sunset Boulevard
1950
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as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Wagon Master
1950
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as Fleuretty Phyffe
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Age: 50
Pluto and the Gopher
1950
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as Minnie Mouse (voice)
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Age: 49
Key to the City
1950
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as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Whirlpool
1950
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as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
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as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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Age: 45
The Spider
1945
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as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
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Age: 45
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
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as Bridge Player (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Holiday Inn
1942
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as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
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as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
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Age: 42
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
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as Ruth (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
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as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Road to Happiness
1941
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as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Ball of Fire
1941
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as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Cadet Girl
1941
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as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Mr. Celebrity
1941
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as Woman In Convertible
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Age: 41
Along the Rio Grande
1941
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as Paula
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Age: 40