RUTH CLIFFORD
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Date of Birth
17 February 1900, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Date of Death
30 November 1998,
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Height
5' 3" (1.60 m)
Mini Biography
American actress, originally of leading roles, whose career lasted from silent days into the television era. A native of Rhode Island, she attended St. Mary's Seminary in Narragansett, Rhode Island, then, following her mother's death in 1911, came to Los Angeles as a teenager to live with her actress aunt. She got work as an extra and began her career at 15 at Universal, in fairly substantial roles. 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 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." She lived long enough to find herself in demand for documentary interviews on the subject of early Hollywood. Married for a time to Beverly Hills real-estate developer James Cornelius, she survived that marriage by more than sixty years. She died in 1998, two and one-half months before her 99th birthday.
IMDb Mini Biography
By: Jim Beaver
Spouse
James A. Cornelius (1924 - 1938) (divorced) 1 son
Ruth Clifford was one of a handful of actresses who
were regulars with the John Ford Stock Company.
She was a favorite of John Ford (they played bridge together),
who used her in 8 films, but rarely in substantial roles.
She was also, for a time, the voice of Walt Disney's "Minnie Mouse".
She had leading roles in silent films, and her career
lasted from silent days into the television era.
Ruth appeared in 2 movies starring Duke
The Searchers (1956)...Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
The Quiet Man (1952)...Mother (uncredited)
