Ruth Clifford
Biography
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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 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".
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
123
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-02-16
Place of Birth
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Also Known As
Ruth Clifford Cornelius, Ruth Cornelius
Known For
Mr. Celebrity
The Invisible Ray
As Man Desires
The Devil's Apple Tree
Wagon Master
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Holiday Inn
Mickey's Delayed Date
First Aiders
Hell's Hole
Donald's Dream Voice
You're My Everything
The Cobweb
Mother Wore Tights
The Keys of the Kingdom
Bath Day
Midnight Madness
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Funny Girl
Tropical Love
Key to the City
The Luck of the Irish
The Constant Woman
The Hitchhiker
Woman Unafraid
My Dad
To Mary - with Love
Leave Her to Heaven
Cry of the City
Father Was a Fullback
Stolen Harmony
Sergeant Rutledge
Paddy O'Day
Face in the Sky
Not Wanted
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Wife, Husband and Friend
Swanee River
Along the Rio Grande
Pluto's Sweater
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
She Married Her Boss
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
The Last Hurrah
My Darling Clementine
Free For All
Hollywood Boulevard
Circumstantial Evidence
It Happened in Flatbush
Blue, White and Perfect
The Quiet Man
Sunset Boulevard
Lillian Russell
Hazard
Two Rode Together
Pilgrimage
Free, Blonde and 21
Road to Happiness
3 Godfathers
The Lodger
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
The Dangerous Age
The Searchers
Brooding Eyes
Making the Rounds
Four Men and a Prayer
Coney Island
Safety in Numbers
The Cabaret Girl
The Desire of the Moth
Behind the Lines
The Whispered Name
The Door Between
Fires of Youth
The Savage
A Kentucky Cinderella
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
The Game's Up
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
Mickey's Family Album
The Tornado
Only Yesterday
April Showers
The Phantom of the Opera
The Show of Shows
The Spider
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
The Thrill Seekers
Ball of Fire
Whirlpool
Designing Woman
Butterfly
Hands Down
Don Mike
Mother o' Mine
Eternal Love
The Lure of Luxury
Drums Along the Mohawk
Hungry Eyes
Shock
Cadet Girl
Figaro and Frankie
Ponjola
Polly Put the Kettle On
The Eternal Woman
The Millionaire Pirate
Stand Up and Cheer!
Mothers-in-Law
Whom the Gods Destroy
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Let's Live Tonight
Truxton King
Pluto and the Gopher
The Love Hour
Daughters of the Rich
Her Husband's Secret
The Storm Breaker
The Red, Red Heart
The Guilt of Silence
Lew Tyler's Wives
Elmer and Elsie
The Wings of Eagles