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Ruth Donnelly is a Actor American born on 17 may 1896 at Trenton (USA)
Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress.
According to a 1915 article in The Day Book, the young Donnelly was forced to leave Sacred Heart Convert in New Jersey because she repeatedly broke into laughter at inappropriate times. She began her stage career at the age of 17 in 1913 in The Quaker Girl. The Day Book article also states that actress Rose Stahl took the teen under her wing and, after giving her training and a year's experience in the chorus, placed the then 18-year-old in the play Maggie Pepper. 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. In her films she often played the wife of Guy Kibbee (Footlight Parade, Wonder Bar, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). Among her roles was the part of Sister Michael in The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
Her uncle, Frederick W. Donnelly, was the longtime mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.
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(1938)
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Nationality USA
Birth 17 may 1896 at Trenton (USA)
Death 17 november 1982 (at 86 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 17 may 1896 at Trenton (USA)
Death 17 november 1982 (at 86 years) at New York City (USA)
Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress.
According to a 1915 article in The Day Book, the young Donnelly was forced to leave Sacred Heart Convert in New Jersey because she repeatedly broke into laughter at inappropriate times. She began her stage career at the age of 17 in 1913 in The Quaker Girl. The Day Book article also states that actress Rose Stahl took the teen under her wing and, after giving her training and a year's experience in the chorus, placed the then 18-year-old in the play Maggie Pepper. 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. In her films she often played the wife of Guy Kibbee (Footlight Parade, Wonder Bar, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). Among her roles was the part of Sister Michael in The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
Her uncle, Frederick W. Donnelly, was the longtime mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.
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The Way to the Gold (1957)
, 1h34Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North, Barry Sullivan, Walter Brennan, Neville Brand, Jacques Aubuchon
Roles Mrs. Williams
Rating61%
Joe Mundy (Hunter) is being released from prison and an old convict, whom he has befriended, tells him the location of stolen gold. Leaving the prison, Joe is followed to Glendale, Arizona by Little Brother Williams (Neville Brand). There he meets Henrietta Clifford (North), who befriends him after he's badly beaten by Williams. Eventually, Joe and Henrietta go searching for the gold themselves.
Autumn Leaves (1956)
, 1h47Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Shepperd Strudwick, Ruth Donnelly
Roles Liz Eckhart
Rating67%
Spinsterish Millicent "Millie" Wetherby (Joan Crawford) works at home as a self-employed typist. One evening in a diner, she meets a lonely Army veteran named Burt Hanson (Cliff Robertson). They share a romantic date at the beach, kissing amidst the crashing waves, but Millie tells Burt to date someone his own age. A month later, Burt is waiting for the still-lonely Millie at her home and the two celebrate his new job at a department store. He proposes to her in a movie theater, and while she initially rejects the proposal, she reconsiders when she sees him walking away.
The Spoilers (1955)
, 1h24Directed by Jesse Hibbs
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Britton, John McIntire, Ray Danton
Roles Duchess
Rating59%
Struggling miners Flapjack and Banty go to the office of Alex McNamara, the new gold commissioner in Nome, Alaska, to complain about claim jumpers. He isn't there, so they drown their sorrows at Cherry Malotte's gambling house and saloon.
A Lawless Street (1955)
, 1h18Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Jean Parker, Warner Anderson, Wallace Ford, Michael Pate
Roles Molly Higgins
Rating63%
The marshal of Medicine Bend, Calem Ware (Randolph Scott), tries to keep peace in a lawless town whilst trying to prevent himself from being killed. The arrival of a show troupe reunites the marshal with someone from his past, leading to a showdown with his would-be killers and his old flame, Tally Dickinson (Angela Lansbury).
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
, 1h23Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott, Ann Dvorak, Cyril Cusack
Roles Mary Fancher
Rating68%
In 1871, six convicts escape from a Carson City prison. A posse loses them in a mountain blizzard, and after the posse turn back, the convicts continue on foot and one of the fugitives freezes to death. The five remaining are Canfield, Greer, Cockerell, Anderson and Maxwell. They make it to a lake called Monte Diablo, where five women live in a settlement while their men are away prospecting for silver. Granny is the elder, watching over Marcia, Rachel, Harriet and Barbara.
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
, 1h38Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil Harris, Walter Brennan, William Ching
Roles Maj. Ida Winton
Rating62%
In 1943, Capt. Harold "Cal" Calvert (Wendell Corey) is sent on a course at Smoky Hill, Kansas, to learn to fly a new bomber, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. His instructor is his cousin, Major Tom West (Forrest Tucker), an officer who the other pilots think has shirked his duties by claiming engine trouble on the raid over the Ploesti oil fields. Cal stands up for Tom when a crewman taunts his cousin in front of Helen (Vera Ralston), a nurse that Tom has been seeing.
, 1h27Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Susan Hayward, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart, Alexander Knox
Roles Glory White
Rating67%
William Thompson (William Lundigan) is a minister from the deep South who has recently married Mary Elizabeth (Susan Hayward), a woman from the city. William is assigned a new parish and moves with Mary Elizabeth to a small town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spiritual and emotional needs of his small flock.
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
, 1h35Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Tom Tully, Bert Freed, Karl Malden
Roles Martha
Rating75%
New York City 16th Precinct Police Detective Dixon (Dana Andrews), who's in trouble with his superiors for his heavy-handed tactics, subjects murder suspect and gambler Ken Paine (Craig Stevens) to the third degree – he strikes the drunken Paine in self-defense and accidentally kills him. Paine, however, had a silver plate in his head, a fine war record, and newspaper friends. Dixon then dumps Paine's body in the river, and is later assigned to find his killer.
The Snake Pit (1948)
, 1h48Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Children's films
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Leif Erickson
Roles Ruth
Rating75%
Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) is an apparently schizophrenic inmate at a mental institution called the Juniper Hill State Hospital. She hears voices and seems so out of touch with reality that she doesn’t recognize her husband Robert (Mark Stevens).
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper, Una O'Connor, Arthur Shields, Harry Shannon
Roles Kate Mulvey
Rating65%
Millie's Daughter (1947)
, 1h14Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Gladys George, Ruth Donnelly, Norma Varden, Arthur Space, Nana Bryant, Stanley Andrews
Roles Helen Reilly
Rating67%
Cross My Heart (1946)
, 1h25Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Betty Hutton, Lewis Russell, Sonny Tufts, Rhys Williams, Ruth Donnelly, Michael Chekhov
Roles Eve Harper
Rating65%
A secretary is wrongly accused of murdering her boss.
Cinderella Jones (1946)
, 1h31Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Julie Bishop, William Prince, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton
Roles Cora Elliot
Rating52%
Struggling singer Judy Jones (Leslie) discovers she's entitled to a multi-million-dollar fortune, as long as she can live up to the terms of her late uncle's will. To collect her inheritance, Jones must marry an intellectual genius. Jones ditches her boyfriend, bandleader Tommy Coles (Alda), and matriculates at an elite university for the super-intelligent. On campus, Jones struggles to win the heart of a dashing professor, Bartholomew Williams (Prince).
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
, 2h6Directed by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan, Una O'Connor, Ruth Donnelly
Roles Sister Michael
Rating71%
The unconventional Father Charles "Chuck" O'Malley (Bing Crosby) is assigned to St. Mary's parish, which includes a run-down inner-city school building on the verge of being condemned. O'Malley is to recommend whether or not the school should be closed and the children sent to another school with modern facilities; but the sisters feel that God will provide for them.
Pillow to Post (1945)
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Ida Lupino, Sydney Greenstreet, William Prince, Stuart Erwin, Ruth Donnelly, Barbara Brown
Roles Mrs. Grace Wingate
Rating65%
Socialite Jean Howard (Ida Lupino) is stirred to patriotism and eager to help the war effort. When she overhears her father, J. R. Howard (an uncredited Paul Harvey), complain that the military has taken all of the salesmen of his oil rig supply company, she volunteers to take their place. J. R. gives in, though he reminds her that she has never worked a day in her life.