1900-02-16 Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
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 | Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) | 1998-06-11 |
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The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Herself | 1993-06-30 |
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Funny Girl | Maid (uncredited) | 1968-09-19 |
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Two Rode Together | Woman (uncredited) | 1961-05-24 |
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Sergeant Rutledge | Officer's Wife (uncredited) | 1960-05-18 |
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The Last Hurrah | Nurse (uncredited) | 1958-12-31 |
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Designing Woman | Vanessa Cole | 1957-05-16 |
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The Searchers | Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited) | 1956-05-16 |
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The Cobweb | Mrs. Jenkins | 1955-06-07 |
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Pluto's Christmas Tree | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-11-21 |
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The Quiet Man | Mother (uncredited) | 1952-07-21 |
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Sunset Boulevard | Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
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Key to the City | Mrs. Anderson (uncredited) | 1950-02-02 |
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Wagon Master | Fleuretty Phyffe | 1950-04-22 |
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Pluto and the Gopher | Minnie Mouse (voice) | 1950-02-10 |
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Whirlpool | Nurse Eliott (uncredited) | 1950-01-13 |
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Father Was a Fullback | Neighbor | 1949-09-30 |
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Not Wanted | Mrs. Stone | 1949-06-24 |
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You're My Everything | Nurse (uncredited) | 1949-07-22 |
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Pluto's Sweater | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-04-29 |
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Free For All | Miss Berry (uncredited) | 1949-11-01 |
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Cry of the City | Nurse | 1948-09-29 |
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3 Godfathers | Woman in Bar (uncredited) | 1948-12-31 |
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Hazard | Waitress (uncredited) | 1948-05-28 |
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Donald's Dream Voice | Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-05-21 |
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The Luck of the Irish | Secretary | 1948-09-15 |
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Figaro and Frankie | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-05-31 |
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Mickey's Delayed Date | Minnie Mouse (voice) | 1947-10-03 |
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Mother Wore Tights | Resort Guest (uncredited) | 1947-08-20 |
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Bath Day | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-10-11 |
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Shock | Mrs. Margaret Cross | 1946-02-01 |
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My Darling Clementine | Opera House Patron (uncredited) | 1946-10-17 |
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Leave Her to Heaven | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
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The Spider | Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant | 1945-12-01 |
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Circumstantial Evidence | Bridge Player (uncredited) | 1945-04-20 |
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The Lodger | Hairdresser (uncredited) | 1944-01-19 |
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The Keys of the Kingdom | Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
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First Aiders | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-09-22 |
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Coney Island | Saloon Patron | 1943-06-18 |
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Blue, White and Perfect | Ship's Passenger (uncredited) | 1942-01-06 |
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It Happened in Flatbush | Ruth (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Graduation Spectator (uncredited) | 1942-06-26 |
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Holiday Inn | Guest at Inn (uncredited) | 1942-07-10 |
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Mr. Celebrity | Woman In Convertible | 1941-10-10 |
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Cadet Girl | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | 1941-11-28 |
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Ball of Fire | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1941-12-02 |
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Along the Rio Grande | Paula | 1941-02-07 |
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Road to Happiness | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 1941-12-19 |
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Lillian Russell | Extra | 1940-05-24 |
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Free, Blonde and 21 | Nurse | 1940-03-28 |
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Mrs. Finney | 1940-01-11 |
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Swanee River | Bit Role | 1939-12-29 |
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Drums Along the Mohawk | Pioneer Woman (uncredited) | 1939-11-10 |
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Wife, Husband and Friend | Seamstress | 1939-03-03 |
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Nurse | 1938-12-30 |
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Four Men and a Prayer | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1938-04-29 |
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Safety in Numbers | Mrs. Hensley | 1938-05-30 |
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Paddy O'Day | Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger | 1936-01-17 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Nurse (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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To Mary - with Love | Nurse | 1936-08-01 |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife | Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife | 1935-07-05 |
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She Married Her Boss | Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited) | 1935-09-19 |
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Let's Live Tonight | American | 1935-03-16 |
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She Married Her Boss | Shopper | 1935-09-19 |
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Stolen Harmony | Nurse (uncredited) | 1935-04-20 |
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Elmer and Elsie | Mamie | 1934-08-04 |
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Stand Up and Cheer! | Secretary | 1934-05-04 |
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Friend of Miss Fane | 1934-01-12 |
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Woman Unafraid | Kate | 1934-03-27 |
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Whom the Gods Destroy | Frightened Balkan Passenger | 1934-07-12 |
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Making the Rounds | 1934-07-06 | |
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Only Yesterday | Eleanor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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Pilgrimage | 1933-07-12 | |
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The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Floozie | 1933-03-12 |
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The Hitchhiker | Adolph's Wife | 1933-02-11 |
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Face in the Sky | Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited) | 1933-01-15 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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The Devil's Apple Tree | Jane Morris | 1929-02-20 |
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The Eternal Woman | Doris Forbes | 1929-03-18 |
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Don Mike | Mary Kelsey | 1927-01-25 |
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The Thrill Seekers | Adrean Wainwright | 1927-09-01 |
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Brooding Eyes | Joan Ayre | 1926-03-15 |
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Lew Tyler's Wives | Jessie Winkler | 1926-06-15 |
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The Love Hour | Betty Brown | 1925-08-30 |
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As Man Desires | Gloria Gordon | 1925-01-11 |
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Her Husband's Secret | Mrs. Pearce | 1925-02-22 |
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The Phantom of the Opera | Ballerina (uncredited) | 1925-06-29 |
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The Storm Breaker | Lysette DeJon | 1925-10-25 |
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The Tornado | Ruth Travers | 1925-01-04 |
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Butterfly | Hilary Collier | 1924-10-11 |
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The Whispered Name | Anne Gray | 1924-01-21 |
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart | 1924-02-02 |
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Ponjola | Gay Lypiatt | 1923-10-28 |
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The Dangerous Age | Gloria Sanderson | 1923-02-04 |
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Hell's Hole | Dorothy Owen | 1923-09-23 |
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Daughters of the Rich | Sally Malakoff | 1923-06-15 |
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The Face on the Barroom Floor | Marion Trevor | 1923-01-01 |
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Mothers-in-Law | Vianna Courtleigh | 1923-09-09 |
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April Showers | Miriam Welton | 1923-10-21 |
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Truxton King | Lorraine | 1923-02-18 |
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My Dad | Dawn | 1922-07-23 |
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Tropical Love | Rosario | 1921-10-23 |
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The Invisible Ray | Mystery | 1920-07-01 |
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The Millionaire Pirate | The Girl | 1919-02-10 |
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The Game's Up | Ruth Elliott | 1919-01-20 |
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The Guilt of Silence | Mary | 1918-05-13 |
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The Red, Red Heart | Rhoda Tuttle | 1918-04-08 |
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The Lure of Luxury | Dale Aldis | 1918-10-07 |
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Midnight Madness | Gertrude Temple | 1918-06-08 |
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Fires of Youth | Lucille Linforth | 1918-08-26 |
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Hands Down | Hilda Stuyvesant | 1918-02-11 |
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The Cabaret Girl | Ann Reid | 1918-12-30 |
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Hungry Eyes | Mary Jane Appleton | 1918-03-11 |
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The Mysterious Mr. Tiller | Clara Hawthorne | 1917-09-17 |
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A Kentucky Cinderella | Nannie | 1917-06-25 |
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The Savage | Marie Louise | 1917-11-19 |
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The Door Between | Heloise Crocker | 1917-12-10 |
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Mother o' Mine | Catherine Thurston | 1917-09-02 |
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Eternal Love | Mignon | 1917-05-07 |
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Polly Put the Kettle On | Polly Vance | 1917-01-01 |
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The Desire of the Moth | Stella Vorhis | 1917-10-22 |
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Behind the Lines | Camilla | 1916-09-11 |
