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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.
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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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Mickey's Family Album
as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
as Herself
Funny Girl
as Maid (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
as Woman (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
as Nurse (uncredited)
Designing Woman
as Vanessa Cole
The Wings of Eagles
as Tourist (uncredited)
The Searchers
as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Florence (uncredited)
The Cobweb
as Mrs. Jenkins
Pluto's Christmas Tree
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Quiet Man
as Mother (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Wagon Master
as Fleuretty Phyffe
Pluto and the Gopher
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
Key to the City
as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Whirlpool
as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
Free For All
as Miss Berry (uncredited)
Father Was a Fullback
as Neighbor
You're My Everything
as Nurse (uncredited)
Not Wanted
as Mrs. Stone
Pluto's Sweater
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Cry of the City
as Nurse
The Luck of the Irish
as Secretary
Hazard
as Waitress (uncredited)
Donald's Dream Voice
as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Delayed Date
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
Mother Wore Tights
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
Figaro and Frankie
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Bath Day
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Shock
as Margaret Cross (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The Spider
as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
Circumstantial Evidence
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
First Aiders
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Lodger
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Coney Island
as Saloon Patron
Holiday Inn
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Ruth (uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
as Woman In Convertible
Along the Rio Grande
as Paula
Lillian Russell
as Extra
Free, Blonde and 21
as Nurse
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Mrs. Finney
Swanee River
as Bit Role
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Wife, Husband and Friend
as Seamstress
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Nurse
Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. Hensley
Four Men and a Prayer
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Nurse (uncredited)
To Mary - with Love
as Nurse
Paddy O'Day
as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
She Married Her Boss
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss
as Shopper
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
Stolen Harmony
as Nurse (uncredited)
Let's Live Tonight
as American
No Poster
Elmer and Elsie
as Mamie
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Frightened Balkan Passenger
No Poster
Making the Rounds
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Secretary
Woman Unafraid
as Kate
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Friend of Miss Fane
Only Yesterday
as Eleanor (Uncredited)
Pilgrimage
The Constant Woman
as Speakeasy Floozie
The Hitchhiker
as Adolph's Wife
Face in the Sky
as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
The Eternal Woman
as Doris Forbes
The Devil's Apple Tree
as Jane Morris
The Thrill Seekers
as Adrean Wainwright
Don Mike
as Mary Kelsey
Lew Tyler's Wives
as Jessie Winkler
No Poster
Brooding Eyes
as Joan Ayre
No Poster
The Storm Breaker
as Lysette DeJon
The Love Hour
as Betty Brown
The Phantom of the Opera
as Ballerina (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secret
as Mrs. Pearce
As Man Desires
as Gloria Gordon
The Tornado
as Ruth Travers
Butterfly
as Hilary Collier
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
The Whispered Name
as Anne Gray
Ponjola
as Gay Lypiatt
April Showers
as Miriam Welton
Hell's Hole
as Dorothy Owen
Mothers-in-Law
as Vianna Courtleigh
Daughters of the Rich
as Sally Malakoff
Truxton King
as Lorraine
The Dangerous Age
as Gloria Sanderson
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Marion Trevor
My Dad
as Dawn
Tropical Love
as Rosario
The Invisible Ray
as Mystery
The Millionaire Pirate
as The Girl
The Game's Up
as Ruth Elliott
The Cabaret Girl
as Ann Reid
The Lure of Luxury
as Dale Aldis
Fires of Youth
as Lucille Linforth
Midnight Madness
as Gertrude Temple
The Guilt of Silence
as Mary
The Red, Red Heart
as Rhoda Tuttle
Hungry Eyes
as Mary Jane Appleton
Hands Down
as Hilda Stuyvesant
The Door Between
as Heloise Crocker
The Savage
as Marie Louise
The Desire of the Moth
as Stella Vorhis
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
as Clara Hawthorne
Mother o' Mine
as Catherine Thurston
A Kentucky Cinderella
as Nannie
Eternal Love
as Mignon
Polly Put the Kettle On
as Polly Vance
Behind the Lines
as Camilla