Acting · Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA · Born February 16, 1900
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".
Mickey's Family Album
1998
as Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
MovieThe Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
as Herself
MovieFunny Girl
1968
as Maid (uncredited)
MovieTwo Rode Together
1961
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieSergeant Rutledge
1960
as Officer's Wife (uncredited)
MovieThe Last Hurrah
1958
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieDesigning Woman
1957
as Vanessa Cole
MovieThe Wings of Eagles
1957
as Tourist (uncredited)
MovieThe Searchers
1956
as Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
MovieThe Cobweb
1955
as Mrs. Jenkins
MoviePluto's Christmas Tree
1952
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Quiet Man
1952
as Mother (uncredited)
MovieSunset Boulevard
1950
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieWagon Master
1950
as Fleuretty Phyffe
MoviePluto and the Gopher
1950
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
MovieKey to the City
1950
as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
MovieWhirlpool
1950
as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
MovieFree For All
1949
as Miss Berry (uncredited)
MovieFather Was a Fullback
1949
as Neighbor
MovieYou're My Everything
1949
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieNot Wanted
1949
as Mrs. Stone
MoviePluto's Sweater
1949
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Movie3 Godfathers
1948
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
MovieCry of the City
1948
as Nurse
MovieThe Luck of the Irish
1948
as Secretary
MovieHazard
1948
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieDonald's Dream Voice
1948
as Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
MovieMickey's Delayed Date
1947
as Minnie Mouse (voice)
MovieMother Wore Tights
1947
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
MovieFigaro and Frankie
1947
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
MovieMy Darling Clementine
1946
as Opera House Patron (uncredited)
MovieBath Day
1946
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
MovieShock
1946
as Margaret Cross (uncredited)
MovieLeave Her to Heaven
1945
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
MovieThe Spider
1945
as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
MovieCircumstantial Evidence
1945
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
MovieThe Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
MovieFirst Aiders
1944
as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Lodger
1944
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
MovieConey Island
1943
as Saloon Patron
MovieHoliday Inn
1942
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
MovieTen Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
MovieIt Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Ruth (uncredited)
MovieBlue, White and Perfect
1942
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
MovieRoad to Happiness
1941
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
MovieBall of Fire
1941
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
MovieCadet Girl
1941
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieMr. Celebrity
1941
as Woman In Convertible
MovieAlong the Rio Grande
1941
as Paula
MovieLillian Russell
1940
as Extra
MovieFree, Blonde and 21
1940
as Nurse
MovieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Mrs. Finney
MovieSwanee River
1939
as Bit Role
MovieDrums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
MovieWife, Husband and Friend
1939
as Seamstress
MovieCharlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
as Nurse
MovieSafety in Numbers
1938
as Mrs. Hensley
MovieFour Men and a Prayer
1938
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
MovieHollywood Boulevard
1936
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieTo Mary - with Love
1936
as Nurse
MoviePaddy O'Day
1936
as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
MovieShe Married Her Boss
1935
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
MovieThe Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Yorkshire Pioneer's Wife
MovieStolen Harmony
1935
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieLet's Live Tonight
1935
as American
Elmer and Elsie
1934
as Mamie
MovieWhom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Frightened Balkan Passenger
Making the Rounds
1934
MovieStand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Secretary
MovieWoman Unafraid
1934
as Kate
MovieMiss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
as Friend of Miss Fane
MovieOnly Yesterday
1933
as Eleanor (Uncredited)
MoviePilgrimage
1933
MovieThe Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Floozie
MovieThe Hitchhiker
1933
as Adolph's Wife
MovieFace in the Sky
1933
as Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
MovieThe Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
MovieThe Eternal Woman
1929
as Doris Forbes
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929
as Jane Morris
MovieThe Thrill Seekers
1927
as Adrean Wainwright
MovieDon Mike
1927
as Mary Kelsey
MovieLew Tyler's Wives
1926
as Jessie Winkler
Brooding Eyes
1926
as Joan Ayre
The Storm Breaker
1925
as Lysette DeJon
MovieThe Love Hour
1925
as Betty Brown
MovieThe Phantom of the Opera
1925
as Ballerina (uncredited)
MovieHer Husband's Secret
1925
as Mrs. Pearce
MovieAs Man Desires
1925
as Gloria Gordon
MovieThe Tornado
1925
as Ruth Travers
MovieButterfly
1924
as Hilary Collier
MovieThe Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
MovieThe Whispered Name
1924
as Anne Gray
MoviePonjola
1923
as Gay Lypiatt
MovieApril Showers
1923
as Miriam Welton
MovieHell's Hole
1923
as Dorothy Owen
MovieMothers-in-Law
1923
as Vianna Courtleigh
MovieDaughters of the Rich
1923
as Sally Malakoff
MovieTruxton King
1923
as Lorraine
MovieThe Dangerous Age
1923
as Gloria Sanderson
MovieThe Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
as Marion Trevor
MovieMy Dad
1922
as Dawn
MovieTropical Love
1921
as Rosario
MovieThe Invisible Ray
1920
as Mystery
MovieThe Millionaire Pirate
1919
as The Girl
MovieThe Game's Up
1919
as Ruth Elliott
MovieThe Cabaret Girl
1918
as Ann Reid
MovieThe Lure of Luxury
1918
as Dale Aldis
MovieFires of Youth
1918
as Lucille Linforth
MovieMidnight Madness
1918
as Gertrude Temple
MovieThe Guilt of Silence
1918
as Mary
The Red, Red Heart
1918
as Rhoda Tuttle
MovieHungry Eyes
1918
as Mary Jane Appleton
MovieHands Down
1918
as Hilda Stuyvesant
MovieThe Door Between
1917
as Heloise Crocker
MovieThe Savage
1917
as Marie Louise
MovieThe Desire of the Moth
1917
as Stella Vorhis
MovieThe Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917
as Clara Hawthorne
MovieMother o' Mine
1917
as Catherine Thurston
MovieA Kentucky Cinderella
1917
as Nannie
MovieEternal Love
1917
as Mignon
MoviePolly Put the Kettle On
1917
as Polly Vance
MovieBehind the Lines
1916
as Camilla
