Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly
Born	May 17, 1896(1896-05-17) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	November 17, 1982(1982-11-17) (aged 86) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1914–1965
Spouse	Basil de Guichard (1932–1958) (his death)

Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress. Her father was the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.

She began her stage career at the age of 17 in 1913, in The Quaker Girl. Her Broadway debut brought her to the attention of George M. Cohan, who proceeded to cast her in numerous comic-relief roles in such musicals as Going Up (1917). Though she made her first film appearance in 1913, her Hollywood career began in earnest in 1931 and lasted until 1957.

Partial filmography

• Blessed Event (1932)
• Hard to Handle (1933)
• Ladies They Talk About (1933)
• Lilly Turner (1933)
• Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
• Footlight Parade (1933)
• Ever in My Heart (1933)
• Female (1933)
• Wonder Bar (1934)
• Heat Lightning (1934)
• Housewife (1934)
• Hands Across the Table (1935)
• Red Salute (1935)
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
• Thirteen Hours by Air (1936)
• Cain and Mabel (1936)
• More Than a Secretary (1936)
• Army Girl (1938)
• A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
• The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
• My Little Chickadee (1940)
• You Belong to Me (1941)
• This Is the Army (1943)
• The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
• The Snake Pit (1948)
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
• The Imogene Coca Show (1954, 2 episodes)
• A Lawless Street (1955)
• Autumn Leaves (1956)

External links

• Ruth Donnelly at the Internet Movie Database
• Ruth Donnelly at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ruth Donnelly at AllRovi
• Ruth Donnelly at Find a Grave