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) | 1960-05-25 |
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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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Whirlpool | Nurse Eliott (uncredited) | 1950-01-13 |
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Wagon Master | Fleuretty Phyffe | 1950-04-22 |
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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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Pluto and the Gopher | Minnie Mouse (voice) | 1950-02-10 |
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Pluto's Sweater | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-04-29 |
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Father Was a Fullback | Neighbor | 1949-09-30 |
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You're My Everything | Nurse (uncredited) | 1949-07-22 |
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Free For All | Miss Berry (uncredited) | 1949-11-01 |
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Not Wanted | Mrs. Stone | 1949-06-24 |
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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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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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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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My Darling Clementine | Opera House Patron (uncredited) | 1946-10-17 |
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Shock | Mrs. Margaret Cross | 1946-02-01 |
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Circumstantial Evidence | Bridge Player (uncredited) | 1945-04-20 |
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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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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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Holiday Inn | Guest at Inn (uncredited) | 1942-07-10 |
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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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Ball of Fire | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1941-12-02 |
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Road to Happiness | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 1941-12-19 |
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Mr. Celebrity | Woman In Convertible | 1941-10-10 |
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Along the Rio Grande | Paula | 1941-02-07 |
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Free, Blonde and 21 | Nurse | 1940-03-28 |
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Lillian Russell | Extra | 1940-05-24 |
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Mrs. Finney | 1940-01-11 |
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Wife, Husband and Friend | Seamstress | 1939-03-03 |
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Drums Along the Mohawk | Pioneer Woman (uncredited) | 1939-11-10 |
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Swanee River | Bit Role | 1939-12-29 |
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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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Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Nurse | 1938-12-30 |
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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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Paddy O'Day | Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger | 1936-01-17 |
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She Married Her Boss | Shopper | 1935-09-19 |
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She Married Her Boss | Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited) | 1935-09-19 |
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Stolen Harmony | Nurse (uncredited) | 1935-04-20 |
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Let's Live Tonight | American | 1935-03-16 |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife | Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife | 1935-07-05 |
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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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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Friend of Miss Fane | 1934-01-12 |
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Making the Rounds | 1934-07-06 | |
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Stand Up and Cheer! | Secretary | 1934-05-04 |
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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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The Hitchhiker | Adolph's Wife | 1933-02-11 |
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The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Floozie | 1933-03-12 |
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Only Yesterday | Eleanor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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The Eternal Woman | Doris Forbes | 1929-03-18 |
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The Devil's Apple Tree | Jane Morris | 1929-02-20 |
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The Thrill Seekers | Adrean Wainwright | 1927-09-01 |
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Don Mike | Mary Kelsey | 1927-01-25 |
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Brooding Eyes | Joan Ayre | 1926-03-15 |
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The Phantom of the Opera | Ballerina (uncredited) | 1925-06-29 |
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Her Husband's Secret | Mrs. Pearce | 1925-02-22 |
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As Man Desires | Gloria Gordon | 1925-01-11 |
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The Love Hour | Betty Brown | 1925-08-30 |
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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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The Whispered Name | Anne Gray | 1924-01-21 |
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Butterfly | Hilary Collier | 1924-10-11 |
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart | 1924-02-02 |
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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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Daughters of the Rich | Sally Malakoff | 1923-06-15 |
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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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Truxton King | Lorraine | 1923-02-18 |
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April Showers | Miriam Welton | 1923-10-21 |
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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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Hands Down | Hilda Stuyvesant | 1918-02-11 |
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The Cabaret Girl | Ann Reid | 1918-12-30 |
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Fires of Youth | Lucille Linforth | 1918-08-26 |
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Midnight Madness | Gertrude Temple | 1918-06-08 |
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The Red, Red Heart | Rhoda Tuttle | 1918-04-08 |
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Hungry Eyes | Mary Jane Appleton | 1918-03-11 |
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The Lure of Luxury | Dale Aldis | 1918-10-07 |
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The Door Between | Heloise Crocker | 1917-12-10 |
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The Desire of the Moth | Stella Vorhis | 1917-10-22 |
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A Kentucky Cinderella | Nannie | 1917-06-25 |
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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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The Mysterious Mr. Tiller | Clara Hawthorne | 1917-09-17 |
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Polly Put the Kettle On | Polly Vance | 1917-01-01 |
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The Savage | Marie Louise | 1917-11-19 |
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Behind the Lines | Camilla | 1916-09-11 |
