Person Details

Birthday: 1900-02-17 14:55:38

Death: 1998-11-30 14:55:38

Aliases: Ruth Clifford Cornelius , Ruth Cornelius

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

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Movie Involvements: 75

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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".

Most Famous Work

The Phantom of the Opera
Average
7

The Phantom of the Opera

(1925) Ballerina (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Average
8

Sunset Boulevard

(1950) Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
The Searchers
Average
8

The Searchers

(1956) Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
Average
7

3 Godfathers

(1948) Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
Average
7

Drums Along the Mohawk

(1939) Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
Average
7

My Darling Clementine

(1946) Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Average
7

Wagon Master

(1950) Fleuretty Phyffe
Leave Her to Heaven
Average
7

Leave Her to Heaven

(1945) Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2018 Morty / Ferdie (voice)
1998 Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice)
1993 Herself
1968 Maid (uncredited)
1958 Nurse (uncredited)
1957 Vanessa Cole
1956 Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
1955 Mrs. Jenkins
1952 Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Mother (uncredited)
1950 Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Fleuretty Phyffe
Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
1949 Miss Berry (uncredited)
Neighbor
Nurse (uncredited)
Mrs. Stone
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Nurse
Secretary
Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
1947 Minnie Mouse
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1946 Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Mrs. Margaret Cross
1945 Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
1944 Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Hairdresser (uncredited)
1943 Saloon Patron
1942 Guest at Inn (uncredited)
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Ruth (uncredited)
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
1941 Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Woman In Convertible
Paula
1940 Extra
Nurse
Mrs. Finney
1939 Bit Role
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Seamstress
1938 Nurse
Mrs. Hensley
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1936 Nurse (uncredited)
Nurse
Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
1935 Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
1934 N/A
Kate
Friend of Miss Fane
1933 Eleanor (Uncredited)
Speakeasy Floozie
Adolph's Wife
Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
1929 Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
Doris Forbes
N/A
1927 Adrean Wainwright
Mary Kelsey
1926 Joan Ayre
1925 Ballerina (uncredited)
Gloria Gordon
Ruth Travers
1924 Hilary Collier
Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
Anne Gray
1923 Gay Lypiatt
Miriam Welton
Dorothy Owen
Gloria Sanderson
Marion Trevor
1922 Dawn
1921 Rosario
1920 Mystery
1919 The Girl
Ruth Elliott
1918 Ann Reid
Dale Aldis
Lucille Linforth
Gertrude Temple
Mary Jane Appleton
Hilda Stuyvesant
1917 Heloise Crocker
Marie Louise
Stella Vorhis
Clara Hawthorne
Catherine Thurston
Nannie
Mignon
Polly Vance
1916 Camilla
Year Character Movie/Tv

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