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Ruth Clifford

16th February 1900 Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA Acting

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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Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Whirlpool 13th January 1950 as Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
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Hazard 28th May 1948 as Waitress (uncredited)
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Bath Day 11th October 1946 as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
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Shock 1st February 1946 as Margaret Cross (uncredited)
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The Spider 1st December 1945 as Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
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First Aiders 22nd September 1944 as Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
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The Lodger 19th January 1944 as Hairdresser (uncredited)
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Cadet Girl 28th November 1941 as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
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Paddy O'Day 17th January 1936 as Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
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The Show of Shows 21st November 1929 as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
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Ponjola 28th October 1923 as Gay Lypiatt

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