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. Date of Birth 17 February 1900, Pawtucket, Rhode Island Date of Death 30 November 1998, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California (natural causes)
Movie | The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Herself | 1993-06-30 |
Movie | Funny Girl | Maid (uncredited) | 1968-09-19 |
Movie | Sergeant Rutledge | Officer's Wife (uncredited) | 1960-05-25 |
Movie | The Last Hurrah | Nurse (uncredited) | 1958-12-31 |
Movie | Designing Woman | Vanessa Cole | 1957-05-16 |
Movie | The Cobweb | Mrs. Jenkins | 1955-06-07 |
Movie | The Quiet Man | Mother (uncredited) | 1952-07-21 |
Movie | Pluto's Christmas Tree | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-11-21 |
Movie | Whirlpool | Nurse Eliott (uncredited) | 1950-01-13 |
Movie | Key to the City | Mrs. Anderson (uncredited) | 1950-02-02 |
Movie | Wagon Master | Fleuretty Phyffe | 1950-04-22 |
Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
Movie | Pluto's Sweater | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-04-29 |
Movie | Not Wanted | Mrs. Stone | 1949-06-24 |
Movie | You're My Everything | Nurse (uncredited) | 1949-07-22 |
Movie | Free For All | Miss Berry (uncredited) | 1949-11-01 |
Movie | Father Was a Fullback | Neighbor | 1949-09-30 |
Movie | Donald's Dream Voice | Daisy Duck (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-05-21 |
Movie | The Luck of the Irish | Secretary | 1948-09-15 |
Movie | Cry of the City | Nurse | 1948-09-29 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Woman in Bar (uncredited) | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Donald's Dilemma | Audience Crying and booing | 1947-07-11 |
Movie | Mother Wore Tights | Resort Guest (uncredited) | 1947-08-20 |
Movie | Shock | Mrs. Margaret Cross | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | My Darling Clementine | Opera House Patron (uncredited) | 1946-10-17 |
Movie | Bath Day | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-10-11 |
Movie | Circumstantial Evidence | Bridge Player (uncredited) | 1945-04-20 |
Movie | Swing Shift Cinderella | Cinderella, | 1945-08-25 |
Movie | Leave Her to Heaven | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
Movie | The Spider | Mrs. Gillespie - Tenant | 1945-12-01 |
Movie | The Lodger | Hairdresser (uncredited) | 1944-01-19 |
Movie | Swooner Crooner | Chickens (voice) | 1944-05-06 |
Movie | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Kelly | 1944-08-23 |
Movie | First Aiders | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-09-22 |
Movie | The Keys of the Kingdom | Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | Coney Island | Saloon Patron | 1943-06-18 |
Movie | Blue, White, and Perfect | Ship's Passenger (uncredited) | 1942-01-06 |
Movie | It Happened in Flatbush | Ruth (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
Movie | Holiday Inn | Guest at Inn (uncredited) | 1942-07-10 |
Movie | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Graduation Spectator (uncredited) | 1942-06-26 |
Movie | Along the Rio Grande | Paula | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Mr. Celebrity | Woman In Convertible | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Steps Out | Coat Check Girl | 1941-05-24 |
Movie | Road to Happiness | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 1941-12-19 |
Movie | Ball of Fire | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1941-12-02 |
Movie | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Mrs. Finney | 1940-01-11 |
Movie | Lillian Russell | Extra | 1940-05-24 |
Movie | Free, Blonde and 21 | Nurse | 1940-03-28 |
Movie | Wife, Husband and Friend | Seamstress | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | Swanee River | Bit Role | 1939-12-29 |
Movie | Drums Along the Mohawk | Pioneer Woman (uncredited) | 1939-11-10 |
Movie | Four Men and a Prayer | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1938-04-29 |
Movie | What Price Porky | Hens | 1938-02-25 |
Movie | Porky in Wackyland | Various Wackyland Citizens (voice) | 1938-09-24 |
Movie | Daffy Duck in Hollywood | Fat Lady | 1938-12-03 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Nurse | 1938-12-30 |
Movie | Paddy O'Day | Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger | 1936-01-17 |
Movie | Fatal Lady | Brazilian Opera Troupe | 1936-05-15 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Nurse (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
Movie | To Mary - with Love | Nurse | 1936-08-01 |
Movie | Stolen Harmony | Nurse (uncredited) | 1935-04-20 |
Movie | She Married Her Boss | Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited) | 1935-09-19 |
Movie | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Friend of Miss Fane | 1934-01-12 |
Movie | Woman Unafraid | Kate | 1934-03-27 |
Movie | Face in the Sky | Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited) | 1933-01-15 |
Movie | The Hitchhiker | Adolph's Wife | 1933-02-11 |
Movie | The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Floozie | 1933-03-12 |
Movie | Only Yesterday | Eleanor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
Movie | King Neptune | Mermaids | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | Show of Shows | Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
Movie | The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart | 1924-02-02 |
Movie | Ponjola | Gay Lypiatt | 1923-10-28 |
Movie | My Dad | Dawn | 1922-07-23 |
Movie | Mother o' Mine | Catherine Thurston | 1917-09-02 |
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