Ruth Clifford
AKA: Ruth Clifford Cornelius
Birthday: 1900-02-16
Died: 1998-11-30
Birthplace: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
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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 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
Character: Mother (uncredited)
Character: Fleuretty Phyffe
Character: Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Resort Guest (uncredited)
Character: Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Character: Speakeasy Floozie
Character: Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Character: Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger
Character: Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited)
Character: Friend of Miss Fane
Character: Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Character: Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Character: Miss Berry (uncredited)
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Character: Ruth (uncredited)
Character: Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Character: Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Character: Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Character: Hairdresser (uncredited)
Character: Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Character: Gloria Sanderson
Character: Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
Character: Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Character: Heloise Crocker
Character: Lucille Linforth
Character: Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice)
Character: Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
Character: Clara Hawthorne
Character: Eleanor (Uncredited)
Character: Ballerina (uncredited)
Character: Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
Character: Adrean Wainwright
Character: Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant
Character: Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Character: Nurse Eliott (uncredited)
Character: Hilary Collier
Character: Hilda Stuyvesant
Character: Catherine Thurston
Character: Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Character: Mary Jane Appleton
Character: Mrs. Margaret Cross
Character: Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Woman In Convertible
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Character: Gertrude Temple
Character: Maid (uncredited)
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Character: Guest at Inn (uncredited)
Character: Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
Character: Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Character: Bridge Player (uncredited)