Acting

Ruth Clifford

Born February 16, 1900 · Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Died November 30, 1998 · aged 98

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 mi…

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

The Searchers

The Searchers · 1956

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven · 1945

Leave Her to Heaven

MovieDramaThriller

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

Funny Girl

Funny Girl · 1968

MovieComedyDrama

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine · 1946

My Darling Clementine

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers · 1948

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.

Pluto's Christmas Tree

Pluto's Christmas Tree · 1952

Pluto's Christmas Tree

MovieAnimationComedy

Pluto comes bounding outside to help Mickey get a Christmas tree. Chip 'n Dale see him and make fun of him, but the tree they take refuge in is the one Mickey chops down. They like the decorations, especially the candy canes and Mickey's bowl of mixed nuts. But Pluto spots them and goes after them long before Mickey spots them. Minnie, Donald, and Goofy drop by to sing carols.

Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn · 1942

MovieComedyDrama

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

The Searchers

The Searchers · 1956

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven · 1945

Leave Her to Heaven

MovieDramaThriller

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Funny Girl

Funny Girl · 1968

MovieComedyDrama

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

Maid (uncredited)

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine · 1946

My Darling Clementine

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

Opera House Patron (uncredited)

3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers · 1948

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.

Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Pluto's Christmas Tree

Pluto's Christmas Tree · 1952

Pluto's Christmas Tree

MovieAnimationComedy

Pluto comes bounding outside to help Mickey get a Christmas tree. Chip 'n Dale see him and make fun of him, but the tree they take refuge in is the one Mickey chops down. They like the decorations, especially the candy canes and Mickey's bowl of mixed nuts. But Pluto spots them and goes after them long before Mickey spots them. Minnie, Donald, and Goofy drop by to sing carols.

Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn · 1942

MovieComedyDrama

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

Guest at Inn (uncredited)

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera · 1925

The Phantom of the Opera

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

Ballerina (uncredited)

Whirlpool

Whirlpool · 1950

MovieThrillerCrime

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Nurse Eliott (uncredited)

The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man · 1952

MovieRomanceComedy

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Mother (uncredited)

Figaro and Frankie

Figaro and Frankie · 1947

Figaro and Frankie

MovieAnimationFamily

Figaro is hungry for a small, yellow canary named Frankie but must pass a barrier; Minnie Mouse.

Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles · 1957

The Wings of Eagles

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

Tourist (uncredited)

The Cobweb

The Cobweb · 1955

Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.

Mrs. Jenkins

Key to the City

Key to the City · 1950

Key to the City

MovieComedyRomance

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan

Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)

Cry of the City

Cry of the City · 1948

Cry of the City

MovieCrimeDrama

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Nurse

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit · 1956

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.

Florence (uncredited)

Designing Woman

Designing Woman · 1957

Designing Woman

MovieComedyRomance

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

Vanessa Cole

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together · 1961

Two Rode Together

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

Woman (uncredited)

Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge · 1960

Sergeant Rutledge

MovieWesternCrime

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Officer's Wife (uncredited)

Mickey's Delayed Date

Mickey's Delayed Date · 1947

Mickey's Delayed Date

MovieAnimationComedy

Even though Mickey's evening started slow and lazy, things get moving in a hurry when Minnie calls from outside the big dance, wondering why he's late. Luckily his best pal Pluto is happy to help wrangle the uncooperative evening wear and help get him out the door...without the tickets

Minnie Mouse (voice)

The Lodger

The Lodger · 1944

MovieThrillerMystery

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Hairdresser (uncredited)

The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom · 1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.

Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk · 1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

MovieDramaHistory

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

Pioneer Woman (uncredited)