Ruth Clifford
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".
Filmography (122 titles)
Mickey's Family Album
Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 1998
3.7MovieThe Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Herself · 1993
7.2MovieFunny Girl
Maid (uncredited) · 1968
6.4MovieTwo Rode Together
Woman (uncredited) · 1961
7.0MovieSergeant Rutledge
Officer's Wife (uncredited) · 1960
7.2MovieThe Last Hurrah
Nurse (uncredited) · 1958
6.7MovieDesigning Woman
Vanessa Cole · 1957
6.3MovieThe Wings of Eagles
Tourist (uncredited) · 1957
7.7MovieThe Searchers
Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited) · 1956
5.7MovieThe Cobweb
Mrs. Jenkins · 1955
7.1MoviePluto's Christmas Tree
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) · 1952
7.3MovieThe Quiet Man
Mother (uncredited) · 1952
8.3MovieSunset Boulevard
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) · 1950
6.7MovieWagon Master
Fleuretty Phyffe · 1950
6.6MoviePluto and the Gopher
Minnie Mouse (voice) · 1950
6.5MovieKey to the City
Mrs. Anderson (uncredited) · 1950
6.4MovieWhirlpool
Nurse Eliott (uncredited) · 1950
6.3MovieFree For All
Miss Berry (uncredited) · 1949
6.3MovieFather Was a Fullback
Neighbor · 1949
4.8MovieYou're My Everything
Nurse (uncredited) · 1949
6.8MovieNot Wanted
Mrs. Stone · 1949
6.8MoviePluto's Sweater
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) · 1949
6.8Movie3 Godfathers
Woman in Bar (uncredited) · 1948
6.7MovieCry of the City
Nurse · 1948
6.1MovieThe Luck of the Irish
Secretary · 1948
8.0MovieHazard
Waitress (uncredited) · 1948
6.3MovieDonald's Dream Voice
Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited) · 1948
6.5MovieMickey's Delayed Date
Minnie Mouse (voice) · 1947
5.7MovieMother Wore Tights
Resort Guest (uncredited) · 1947
6.8MovieFigaro and Frankie
Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) · 1947