Ruth Clifford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

Gender

Female

Birthday

1900-02-16

Day of death

1998-11-30 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Ruth Clifford

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".

Known For

  • The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

    The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

  • Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

  • The Tornado

    The Tornado

  • Don Mike

    Don Mike

  • Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

  • 3 Godfathers

    3 Godfathers

  • Sergeant Rutledge

    Sergeant Rutledge

  • Designing Woman

    Designing Woman

  • The Lodger

    The Lodger

  • Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

  • Mr. Celebrity

    Mr. Celebrity

  • Bath Day

    Bath Day

  • The Quiet Man

    The Quiet Man

  • Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

  • Coney Island

    Coney Island

  • Wagon Master

    Wagon Master

  • The Searchers

    The Searchers

  • Cadet Girl

    Cadet Girl

  • My Dad

    My Dad

  • First Aiders

    First Aiders

  • Hollywood Boulevard

    Hollywood Boulevard

  • Midnight Madness

    Midnight Madness

  • The Hitchhiker

    The Hitchhiker

  • Cry of the City

    Cry of the City

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Ponjola

    Ponjola

  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

  • Hazard

    Hazard

  • Not Wanted

    Not Wanted

  • The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

  • Whirlpool

    Whirlpool

  • Funny Girl

    Funny Girl

  • The Savage

    The Savage

  • Eternal Love

    Eternal Love

  • My Darling Clementine

    My Darling Clementine

  • Hands Down

    Hands Down

  • Four Men and a Prayer

    Four Men and a Prayer

  • Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

  • Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

  • Figaro and Frankie

    Figaro and Frankie

  • Hungry Eyes

    Hungry Eyes

  • Holiday Inn

    Holiday Inn

  • The Last Hurrah

    The Last Hurrah

  • The Keys of the Kingdom

    The Keys of the Kingdom

  • Key to the City

    Key to the City

  • Pluto's Sweater

    Pluto's Sweater

  • The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point

    Ten Gentlemen from West Point

  • Drums Along the Mohawk

    Drums Along the Mohawk

  • Pluto's Christmas Tree

    Pluto's Christmas Tree

  • Charlie Chan in Honolulu

    Charlie Chan in Honolulu

  • The Whispered Name

    The Whispered Name

  • The Lure of Luxury

    The Lure of Luxury

  • The Show of Shows

    The Show of Shows

  • The Devil's Apple Tree

    The Devil's Apple Tree

  • Making the Rounds

    Making the Rounds

  • As Man Desires

    As Man Desires

  • A Kentucky Cinderella

    A Kentucky Cinderella

  • Mother Wore Tights

    Mother Wore Tights

  • The Constant Woman

    The Constant Woman

  • Blue, White, and Perfect

    Blue, White, and Perfect

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • The Thrill Seekers

    The Thrill Seekers

  • The Luck of the Irish

    The Luck of the Irish

  • To Mary - with Love

    To Mary - with Love

  • Pluto and the Gopher

    Pluto and the Gopher

  • Let's Live Tonight

    Let's Live Tonight

  • Face in the Sky

    Face in the Sky

  • The Dangerous Age

    The Dangerous Age

  • Paddy O'Day

    Paddy O'Day

  • The Eternal Woman

    The Eternal Woman

  • Whom the Gods Destroy

    Whom the Gods Destroy

  • Road to Happiness

    Road to Happiness

  • Along the Rio Grande

    Along the Rio Grande

  • Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

  • The Love Hour

    The Love Hour

  • You're My Everything

    You're My Everything

  • Donald's Dream Voice

    Donald's Dream Voice

  • The Cabaret Girl

    The Cabaret Girl

  • Mickey's Family Album

    Mickey's Family Album

  • Mothers-in-Law

    Mothers-in-Law

  • Polly Put the Kettle On

    Polly Put the Kettle On

  • The Game's Up

    The Game's Up

  • The Door Between

    The Door Between

  • Safety in Numbers

    Safety in Numbers

  • It Happened in Flatbush

    It Happened in Flatbush

  • The Millionaire Pirate

    The Millionaire Pirate

  • Free For All

    Free For All

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • The Desire of the Moth

    The Desire of the Moth

  • Hell's Hole

    Hell's Hole

  • The Invisible Ray

    The Invisible Ray

  • Lillian Russell

    Lillian Russell

  • Fires of Youth

    Fires of Youth

  • Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines

  • Free, Blonde and 21

    Free, Blonde and 21

  • The Face on the Barroom Floor

    The Face on the Barroom Floor

  • The Cobweb

    The Cobweb

  • Mickey's Delayed Date

    Mickey's Delayed Date

  • Shock

    Shock

  • The Spider

    The Spider

  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

  • Wife, Husband and Friend

    Wife, Husband and Friend

  • Stolen Harmony

    Stolen Harmony

  • Circumstantial Evidence

    Circumstantial Evidence

  • Swanee River

    Swanee River

  • Mother o' Mine

    Mother o' Mine

  • Truxton King

    Truxton King

  • Butterfly

    Butterfly

  • The Mysterious Mr. Tiller

    The Mysterious Mr. Tiller

  • Brooding Eyes

    Brooding Eyes

  • April Showers

    April Showers

  • Tropical Love

    Tropical Love