Ruth Donnelly

Early years and family

Career

Personal life and death

Complete filmography

• The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914 short) as Rose Mason, the Minister's Wife
• The Skull (1914 short)
• The Lady of the Island (1914 short) as The Nurse
• When the Heart Calls (1914 short)
• In All Things Moderation (1914 short) as Winnie Graham - the Youngest Daughter
• The Tenth Commandment (1914 short) as The Doctor's Wife
• Saved by a Song (1916 short) as Elsie
• Rubber Heels (1927) as Fanny Pratt
• Transatlantic (1931) as Burbank (scenes cut)
• The Spider (1931) as Mrs. Wimbledon
• Wicked (1931) as Fanny
• The Cheat (1931) as Woman in Court Behind Elsa (uncredited)
• The Rainbow Trail (1932) as Widow Abigail
• Make Me a Star (1932) as The Countess
• Jewel Robbery (1932) as Berta, Teri's Maid (uncredited)
• Blessed Event (1932) as Miss Stevens
• Employees' Entrance (1933) as Miss Hall
• Hard to Handle (1933) as Lil Waters
• Ladies They Talk About (1933) as Noonan
• Lilly Turner (1933) as Edna Yokum
• Private Detective 62 (1933) as Amy
• Sing Sinner Sing (1933) as Margaret "Maggie" Flannigan
• Goodbye Again (1933) as Richview Hotel Maid
• Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) as Pete
• Footlight Parade (1933) as Mrs. Harriet Gould
• Ever in My Heart (1933) as Lizzie, the Housekeeper
• 'Tis Spring (1933 short)
• Female (1933) as Miss Frothingham
• Havana Widows (1933) as Emily Jones
• Convention City (1933) as Mrs. Ellerbe
• Just Around the Corner (1933 short) as Mrs. Sears
• Mandalay (1934) as Mrs. George Peters
• Wonder Bar (1934) as Mrs. Simpson
• Heat Lightning (1934) as Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
• Merry Wives of Reno (1934) as Lois
• Housewife (1934) as Dora
• Romance in the Rain (1934) as Miss Sparks
• Happiness Ahead (1934) as Anna
• The White Cockatoo (1935) as Mrs. Byng
• Maybe It's Love (1935) as Florrie Sands
• Traveling Saleslady (1935) as Mrs. Twitchell
• Alibi Ike (1935) as Bess
• Red Salute (1935) as Mrs. Edith Rooney
• Hands Across the Table (1935) as Laura
• Personal Maid's Secret (1935) as Lizzie
• Song and Dance Man (1936) as Patsy O'Madigan
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as Mabel Dawson
• Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) as Vi Johnson
• Fatal Lady (1936) as Melba York
• Cain and Mabel (1936) as Aunt Mimi
• More Than a Secretary (1936) as Helen Davis
• Roaring Timber (1937) as Aunt Mary
• Portia on Trial (1937) as Jane Wilkins
• A Slight Case of Murder (1938) as Nora Marco
• Army Girl (1938) as Leila Kennett
• Meet the Girls (1938) as Daisy Watson
• Personal Secretary (1938) as Grumpy
• The Affairs of Annabel (1938) as Josephine (Jo)
• Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) as Josephine (Jo)
• The Family Next Door (1939) as Mrs. Pierce
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Mrs. Hopper
• The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) as Effie Perkins
• My Little Chickadee (1940) as Aunt Lou
• Scatterbrain (1940) as Miss Stevens
• Meet the Missus (1940) as Lil Higgins
• Petticoat Politics (1941) as Lil Higgins
• The Round Up (1941) as Polly Hope
• Model Wife (1941) as Mrs. Milo Everett
• The Gay Vagabond (1941) as Kate Dixon
• Sailors on Leave (1941) as Aunt Navy
• You Belong to Me (1941) as Emma
• Rise and Shine (1941) as Mame Bacon
• Johnny Doughboy (1942) as Biggy Biggsworth
• This Is the Army (1943) as Mrs. O'Brien
• Sleepy Lagoon (1943) as Sarah Rogers
• Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) as Nurse Hamilton
• Pillow to Post (1945) as Mrs. Grace Wingate
• The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) as Sister Michael
• Cinderella Jones (1946) as Cora Elliot
• In Old Sacramento (1946) as Zebby Booker
• Cross My Heart (1946) as Eve Harper
• The Ghost Goes Wild (1947) as Aunt Susan Beecher
• Millie's Daughter (1947) as Helen Reilly
• Little Miss Broadway (1947) as Aunt Minerva Van Dorn
• The Fabulous Texan (1947) as Utopia Mills
• Fighting Father Dunne (1948) as Kate Mulvey
• The Snake Pit (1948) as Ruth
• Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) as New Bedford Neighbor (scenes cut)
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) as Martha
• I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) as Glory White
• The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) as Mary Fancher
• The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) as Maj. Ida Winton
• The Spoilers (1955) as Duchess
• A Lawless Street (1955) as Molly Higgins
• Autumn Leaves (1956) as Liz Eckhart
• The Way to the Gold (1957) as Mrs. Williams