Ruth Clifford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

114

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

  • Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

  • The Show of Shows

    The Show of Shows

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • The Thrill Seekers

    The Thrill Seekers

  • The Last Hurrah

    The Last Hurrah

  • Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

  • Bath Day

    Bath Day

  • Pluto's Sweater

    Pluto's Sweater

  • A Kentucky Cinderella

    A Kentucky Cinderella

  • Coney Island

    Coney Island

  • Road to Happiness

    Road to Happiness

  • The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

    The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

  • Mickey's Family Album

    Mickey's Family Album

  • Stolen Harmony

    Stolen Harmony

  • The Quiet Man

    The Quiet Man

  • Figaro and Frankie

    Figaro and Frankie

  • The Whispered Name

    The Whispered Name

  • Face in the Sky

    Face in the Sky

  • Hazard

    Hazard

  • Paddy O'Day

    Paddy O'Day

  • The Searchers

    The Searchers

  • The Lodger

    The Lodger

  • The Spider

    The Spider

  • It Happened in Flatbush

    It Happened in Flatbush

  • Swanee River

    Swanee River

  • The Tornado

    The Tornado

  • Four Men and a Prayer

    Four Men and a Prayer

  • Charlie Chan in Honolulu

    Charlie Chan in Honolulu

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

  • Shock

    Shock

  • Making the Rounds

    Making the Rounds

  • Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

  • Hollywood Boulevard

    Hollywood Boulevard

  • Mother Wore Tights

    Mother Wore Tights

  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point

    Ten Gentlemen from West Point

  • Donald's Dream Voice

    Donald's Dream Voice

  • The Keys of the Kingdom

    The Keys of the Kingdom

  • The Eternal Woman

    The Eternal Woman

  • Blue, White, and Perfect

    Blue, White, and Perfect

  • My Darling Clementine

    My Darling Clementine

  • The Dangerous Age

    The Dangerous Age

  • Cadet Girl

    Cadet Girl

  • Let's Live Tonight

    Let's Live Tonight

  • Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

  • To Mary - with Love

    To Mary - with Love

  • The Constant Woman

    The Constant Woman

  • Sergeant Rutledge

    Sergeant Rutledge

  • First Aiders

    First Aiders

  • The Luck of the Irish

    The Luck of the Irish

  • The Hitchhiker

    The Hitchhiker

  • Key to the City

    Key to the City

  • Pluto's Christmas Tree

    Pluto's Christmas Tree

  • Midnight Madness

    Midnight Madness

  • Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines

  • 3 Godfathers

    3 Godfathers

  • Drums Along the Mohawk

    Drums Along the Mohawk

  • Wagon Master

    Wagon Master

  • Holiday Inn

    Holiday Inn

  • Safety in Numbers

    Safety in Numbers

  • You're My Everything

    You're My Everything

  • The Millionaire Pirate

    The Millionaire Pirate

  • Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

  • The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

  • As Man Desires

    As Man Desires

  • The Mysterious Mr. Tiller

    The Mysterious Mr. Tiller

  • Funny Girl

    Funny Girl

  • The Invisible Ray

    The Invisible Ray

  • Whirlpool

    Whirlpool

  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

  • Cry of the City

    Cry of the City

  • Tropical Love

    Tropical Love

  • The Cobweb

    The Cobweb

  • Butterfly

    Butterfly

  • Mr. Celebrity

    Mr. Celebrity

  • Whom the Gods Destroy

    Whom the Gods Destroy

  • April Showers

    April Showers

  • Circumstantial Evidence

    Circumstantial Evidence

  • Not Wanted

    Not Wanted

  • Along the Rio Grande

    Along the Rio Grande

  • Mothers-in-Law

    Mothers-in-Law

  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

  • Pluto and the Gopher

    Pluto and the Gopher

  • The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

  • The Devil's Apple Tree

    The Devil's Apple Tree

  • Designing Woman

    Designing Woman

  • Free For All

    Free For All

  • Hell's Hole

    Hell's Hole

  • Ponjola

    Ponjola

  • Don Mike

    Don Mike

  • Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • The Lure of Luxury

    The Lure of Luxury

  • The Cabaret Girl

    The Cabaret Girl

  • Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

  • The Game's Up

    The Game's Up

  • Wife, Husband and Friend

    Wife, Husband and Friend

  • My Dad

    My Dad

  • The Savage

    The Savage

  • Hungry Eyes

    Hungry Eyes

  • Mickey's Delayed Date

    Mickey's Delayed Date

  • Lillian Russell

    Lillian Russell

  • Hands Down

    Hands Down

  • Free, Blonde and 21

    Free, Blonde and 21

  • Eternal Love

    Eternal Love

  • Fires of Youth

    Fires of Youth

  • The Desire of the Moth

    The Desire of the Moth

  • Truxton King

    Truxton King

  • Polly Put the Kettle On

    Polly Put the Kettle On

  • The Door Between

    The Door Between

  • The Face on the Barroom Floor

    The Face on the Barroom Floor

  • Mother o' Mine

    Mother o' Mine

  • Brooding Eyes

    Brooding Eyes