Highest rated movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Lowest rated movie: Alibi Ike (1935)
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Movies starring Ruth Donnelly have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 63%.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - released in 1939 - is Ruth Donnelly's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 651 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Ruth Donnelly is Alibi Ike - released in 1935 - with a score of 48% based on 2 reviews.
Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress. Her father was the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.
She began her stage career at the age of 17 in 1913, in The Quaker Girl. 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.
Ruth Donnelly has acted in films with Allen Jenkins, Hobart Cavanaugh, Joan Blondell and Eddie Kane.
Ruth Donnelly has worked with these film directors: Michael Curtiz, Lloyd Bacon, Ray Enright and Roy Del Ruth.
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