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 | Mickey's Family Album | Minnie Mouse (Mickey's Delayed Date) (voice) | 1998-06-11 |
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 Searchers | Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited) | 1956-05-16 |
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 | Dude Duck | Cowgirls | 1951-03-02 |
Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
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 | Pluto's Sweater | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-04-29 |
Movie | Not Wanted | Mrs. Stone | 1949-06-24 |
Movie | Free For All | Miss Berry (uncredited) | 1949-11-01 |
Movie | You're My Everything | Nurse (uncredited) | 1949-07-22 |
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 | 3 Godfathers | Woman in Bar (uncredited) | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Cry of the City | Nurse | 1948-09-29 |
Movie | Mother Wore Tights | Resort Guest (uncredited) | 1947-08-20 |
Movie | Mickey's Delayed Date | Minnie Mouse | 1947-10-03 |
Movie | Bath Day | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-10-11 |
Movie | Shock | Mrs. Margaret Cross | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | My Darling Clementine | Opera House Patron (uncredited) | 1946-10-17 |
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 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | First Aiders | Minnie Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-09-22 |
Movie | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Kelly | 1944-08-23 |
Movie | Coney Island | Saloon Patron | 1943-06-18 |
Movie | It Happened in Flatbush | Ruth (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
Movie | Blue, White, and Perfect | Ship's Passenger (uncredited) | 1942-01-06 |
Movie | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Graduation Spectator (uncredited) | 1942-06-26 |
Movie | Holiday Inn | Guest at Inn (uncredited) | 1942-07-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Steps Out | Coat Check Girl | 1941-05-24 |
Movie | Along the Rio Grande | Paula | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Mr. Celebrity | Woman In Convertible | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | Goofy Groceries | Cow | 1941-03-29 |
Movie | Cadet Girl | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | 1941-11-28 |
Movie | Road to Happiness | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 1941-12-19 |
Movie | Ball of Fire | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1941-12-02 |
Movie | Free, Blonde and 21 | Nurse | 1940-03-28 |
Movie | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Mrs. Finney | 1940-01-11 |
Movie | Lillian Russell | Extra | 1940-05-24 |
Movie | Wife, Husband and Friend | Seamstress | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | Drums Along the Mohawk | Pioneer Woman (uncredited) | 1939-11-10 |
Movie | Swanee River | Bit Role | 1939-12-29 |
Movie | What Price Porky | Hens | 1938-02-25 |
Movie | Safety in Numbers | Mrs. Hensley | 1938-05-30 |
Movie | Four Men and a Prayer | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1938-04-29 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Nurse | 1938-12-30 |
Movie | Porky in Wackyland | Various Wackyland Citizens (voice) | 1938-09-24 |
Movie | Chicken a la King | Chickens | 1937-04-15 |
Movie | Fatal Lady | Brazilian Opera Troupe | 1936-05-15 |
Movie | Paddy O'Day | Mrs. Right - First Class Passenger | 1936-01-17 |
Movie | To Mary - with Love | Nurse | 1936-08-01 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Nurse (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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 | Making the Rounds | 1934-07-06 | |
Movie | Woman Unafraid | Kate | 1934-03-27 |
Movie | The Hitchhiker | Adolph's Wife | 1933-02-11 |
Movie | Face in the Sky | Hotel Guest with Dog (uncredited) | 1933-01-15 |
Movie | The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Floozie | 1933-03-12 |
Movie | Only Yesterday | Eleanor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
Movie | Show of Shows | Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
Movie | Don Mike | Mary Kelsey | 1927-01-25 |
Movie | Brooding Eyes | Joan Ayre | 1926-03-15 |
Movie | The Tornado | Ruth Travers | 1925-01-04 |
Movie | As Man Desires | Gloria Gordon | 1925-01-11 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Ballerina (uncredited) | 1925-09-22 |
Movie | The Whispered Name | Anne Gray | 1924-01-21 |
Movie | The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart | 1924-02-02 |
Movie | Butterfly | Hilary Collier | 1924-10-11 |
Movie | The Face on the Barroom Floor | Marion Trevor | 1923-01-01 |
Movie | The Dangerous Age | Gloria Sanderson | 1923-02-04 |
Movie | Hollywood | Dancer | 1923-08-19 |
Movie | Ponjola | Gay Lypiatt | 1923-10-28 |
Movie | My Dad | Dawn | 1922-07-23 |
Movie | The Invisible Ray | Mystery | 1920-07-01 |
Movie | The Millionaire Pirate | The Girl | 1919-02-10 |
Movie | The Game's Up | Ruth Elliott | 1919-01-20 |
Movie | Hands Down | Hilda Stuyvesant | 1918-02-11 |
Movie | The Cabaret Girl | Ann Reid | 1918-12-30 |
Movie | The Lure of Luxury | Dale Aldis | 1918-10-07 |
Movie | Eternal Love | Mignon | 1917-05-07 |
Movie | A Kentucky Cinderella | Nannie | 1917-06-25 |
Movie | Behind the Lines | Camilla | 1916-09-11 |