Ruth Clifford

Ruth Clifford

Acting

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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…

Filmography

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Mickey's Family Album ★ 6.2 Mickey's Family Album 1998 The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors ★ 3.7 The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors 1993 Funny Girl ★ 7.2 Funny Girl 1968 Two Rode Together ★ 6.4 Two Rode Together 1961 Sergeant Rutledge ★ 7.0 Sergeant Rutledge 1960 The Last Hurrah ★ 7.2 The Last Hurrah 1958 Designing Woman ★ 6.7 Designing Woman 1957 The Searchers ★ 7.7 The Searchers 1956 The Cobweb ★ 5.7 The Cobweb 1955 Pluto's Christmas Tree ★ 7.1 Pluto's Christmas Tree 1952 The Quiet Man ★ 7.3 The Quiet Man 1952 Sunset Boulevard ★ 8.3 Sunset Boulevard 1950 Wagon Master ★ 6.7 Wagon Master 1950 Pluto and the Gopher ★ 6.7 Pluto and the Gopher 1950 Key to the City ★ 6.5 Key to the City 1950 Whirlpool ★ 6.4 Whirlpool 1950 Free For All ★ 6.3 Free For All 1949 Father Was a Fullback ★ 6.5 Father Was a Fullback 1949 You're My Everything ★ 4.8 You're My Everything 1949 Not Wanted ★ 6.8 Not Wanted 1949 Pluto's Sweater ★ 6.8 Pluto's Sweater 1949 3 Godfathers ★ 6.8 3 Godfathers 1948 Cry of the City ★ 6.7 Cry of the City 1948 The Luck of the Irish ★ 6.1 The Luck of the Irish 1948 Hazard ★ 8.0 Hazard 1948 Donald's Dream Voice ★ 6.3 Donald's Dream Voice 1948 Mickey's Delayed Date ★ 6.5 Mickey's Delayed Date 1947 Mother Wore Tights ★ 5.7 Mother Wore Tights 1947 Figaro and Frankie ★ 6.8 Figaro and Frankie 1947 My Darling Clementine ★ 7.5 My Darling Clementine 1946 Bath Day ★ 6.5 Bath Day 1946 Shock ★ 6.0 Shock 1946 Leave Her to Heaven ★ 7.4 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 The Spider ★ 5.6 The Spider 1945 Circumstantial Evidence ★ 5.2 Circumstantial Evidence 1945 The Keys of the Kingdom ★ 7.1 The Keys of the Kingdom 1944 First Aiders ★ 5.9 First Aiders 1944 The Lodger ★ 6.5 The Lodger 1944 Coney Island ★ 6.3 Coney Island 1943 Holiday Inn ★ 7.0 Holiday Inn 1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point ★ 6.4 Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942 It Happened in Flatbush ★ 5.4 It Happened in Flatbush 1942 Blue, White and Perfect ★ 6.5 Blue, White and Perfect 1942 Road to Happiness ★ 5.7 Road to Happiness 1941 Ball of Fire ★ 7.4 Ball of Fire 1941 Cadet Girl ★ 8.0 Cadet Girl 1941 Mr. Celebrity ★ 7.0 Mr. Celebrity 1941 Along the Rio Grande ★ 7.0 Along the Rio Grande 1941 Lillian Russell ★ 6.7 Lillian Russell 1940 Free, Blonde and 21 ★ 8.5 Free, Blonde and 21 1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk ★ 5.3 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk 1940 Swanee River ★ 7.0 Swanee River 1939 Drums Along the Mohawk ★ 6.5 Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 Wife, Husband and Friend ★ 6.5 Wife, Husband and Friend 1939 Charlie Chan in Honolulu ★ 6.5 Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938 Safety in Numbers ★ 7.0 Safety in Numbers 1938 Four Men and a Prayer ★ 6.5 Four Men and a Prayer 1938 Hollywood Boulevard ★ 4.5 Hollywood Boulevard 1936 To Mary - with Love ★ 5.7 To Mary - with Love 1936 Paddy O'Day ★ 7.0 Paddy O'Day 1936 She Married Her Boss ★ 7.5 She Married Her Boss 1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife ★ 6.2 The Farmer Takes a Wife 1935 Stolen Harmony ★ 8.0 Stolen Harmony 1935 Let's Live Tonight ★ 5.5 Let's Live Tonight 1935 Elmer and Elsie ★ 10.0 Elmer and Elsie 1934 Whom the Gods Destroy ★ 6.0 Whom the Gods Destroy 1934 Making the Rounds Making the Rounds 1934 Stand Up and Cheer! ★ 5.3 Stand Up and Cheer! 1934 Woman Unafraid ★ 6.7 Woman Unafraid 1934 Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen ★ 6.0 Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen 1934 Only Yesterday ★ 7.3 Only Yesterday 1933 Pilgrimage ★ 7.1 Pilgrimage 1933 The Constant Woman ★ 5.0 The Constant Woman 1933 The Hitchhiker ★ 9.0 The Hitchhiker 1933 Face in the Sky ★ 5.8 Face in the Sky 1933 The Show of Shows ★ 6.8 The Show of Shows 1929 The Eternal Woman ★ 7.0 The Eternal Woman 1929 The Devil's Apple Tree ★ 7.0 The Devil's Apple Tree 1929 The Thrill Seekers ★ 6.5 The Thrill Seekers 1927 Don Mike ★ 7.0 Don Mike 1927