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) | 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) | 1960-05-25 |
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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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Key to the City | Mrs. Anderson (uncredited) | 1950-02-02 |
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Sunset Boulevard | Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
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Whirlpool | Nurse Eliott (uncredited) | 1950-01-13 |
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Wagon Master | Fleuretty Phyffe | 1950-04-22 |
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Free For All | Miss Berry (uncredited) | 1949-11-01 |
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Father Was a Fullback | Neighbor | 1949-09-30 |
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Pluto's Sweater | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-04-29 |
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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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Cry of the City | Nurse | 1948-09-29 |
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Hazard | Waitress (uncredited) | 1948-05-28 |
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The Luck of the Irish | Secretary | 1948-09-15 |
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Donald's Dream Voice | Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-05-21 |
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3 Godfathers | Woman in Bar (uncredited) | 1948-12-31 |
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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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Figaro and Frankie | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-05-31 |
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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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The Spider | Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant | 1945-12-01 |
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Leave Her to Heaven | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
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Circumstantial Evidence | Bridge Player (uncredited) | 1945-04-20 |
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First Aiders | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-09-22 |
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The Keys of the Kingdom | Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
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The Lodger | Hairdresser (uncredited) | 1944-01-19 |
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Coney Island | Saloon Patron | 1943-06-18 |
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Holiday Inn | Guest at Inn (uncredited) | 1942-01-01 |
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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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Cadet Girl | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | 1941-11-28 |
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Mr. Celebrity | Woman In Convertible | 1941-10-10 |
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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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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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Swanee River | Bit Role | 1939-12-29 |
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Safety in Numbers | Mrs. Hensley | 1938-05-30 |
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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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Hollywood Boulevard | Nurse (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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Paddy O'Day | Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger | 1936-01-17 |
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To Mary - with Love | Nurse | 1936-08-01 |
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She Married Her Boss | Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited) | 1935-09-19 |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife | Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife | 1935-07-05 |
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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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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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Whom the Gods Destroy | Frightened Balkan Passenger | 1934-07-12 |
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Woman Unafraid | Kate | 1934-03-27 |
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Making the Rounds | 1934-07-06 | |
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The Hitchhiker | Adolph's Wife | 1933-02-11 |
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The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Floozie | 1933-03-12 |
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Pilgrimage | 1933-07-12 | |
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Face in the Sky | Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited) | 1933-01-15 |
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Only Yesterday | Eleanor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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The Eternal Woman | Doris Forbes | 1929-03-18 |
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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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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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The Phantom of the Opera | Ballerina (uncredited) | 1925-09-22 |
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As Man Desires | Gloria Gordon | 1925-01-11 |
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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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Truxton King | Lorraine | 1923-02-18 |
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April Showers | Miriam Welton | 1923-10-21 |
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Hell's Hole | Dorothy Owen | 1923-09-23 |
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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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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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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 Game's Up | Ruth Elliott | 1919-01-20 |
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The Millionaire Pirate | The Girl | 1919-02-10 |
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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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The Cabaret Girl | Ann Reid | 1918-12-30 |
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The Lure of Luxury | Dale Aldis | 1918-10-07 |
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Hands Down | Hilda Stuyvesant | 1918-02-11 |
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Hungry Eyes | Mary Jane Appleton | 1918-03-11 |
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The Desire of the Moth | Stella Vorhis | 1917-10-22 |
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The Savage | Marie Louise | 1917-11-19 |
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A Kentucky Cinderella | Nannie | 1917-06-25 |
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The Mysterious Mr. Tiller | Clara Hawthorne | 1917-09-17 |
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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 Door Between | Heloise Crocker | 1917-12-10 |
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Behind the Lines | Camilla | 1916-09-11 |
