Ruth Robinson


Biography

Ruth Robinson was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in her acting career, Robinson landed roles in various films, including "The Walking Dead" (1936), "China Clipper" (1936) with Pat O'Brien and the biopic "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936) with Paul Muni. She also appeared in the mystery "The Case of the Velvet Claws" (1936) with Warren William, "Roll Along...

Biography

Ruth Robinson was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in her acting career, Robinson landed roles in various films, including "The Walking Dead" (1936), "China Clipper" (1936) with Pat O'Brien and the biopic "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936) with Paul Muni. She also appeared in the mystery "The Case of the Velvet Claws" (1936) with Warren William, "Roll Along Cowboy" (1937) and "On Such a Night" (1937). Her film career continued throughout the thirties and the forties in productions like "The Lone Wolf in Paris" (1938), the Pat O'Brien biopic "Knute Rockne - All American" (1940) and the western "Across the Sierras" (1941) with Billy Elliott. She also appeared in "The Corsican Brothers" (1941) with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in "The Kid Sister" (1945), "Delightfully Dangerous" (1945) and "That Hagen Girl" (1947). She also appeared in the Lloyd Bridges crime picture "Trapped" (1949) and the Teresa Wright drama "The Search For Bridey Murphy" (1956). Robinson was most recently credited in "Motown 30: What's Goin' On!" (CBS, 1990-91). Robinson passed away in March 1966 at the age of 79.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Mary, age 5
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
Bridey Murphy, age 4
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Mother
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Nurse
Belle Le Grand (1951)
Miner's wife
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
The Secret Fury (1950)
Mrs. Updyke
Trapped (1949)
Mrs. Flaherty
Impact (1949)
Apartment manager
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Mother
He Walked by Night (1948)
Mrs. Rapport
Song of Love (1947)
Mrs. Geuerbach
Step-Child (1947)
Miss Brighton
That Hagen Girl (1947)
Cora Haynes
That Brennan Girl (1946)
Woman deputy
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
Mrs. Wentley
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Mrs. Cohn
The Song of Bernadette (1945)
Nun
Delightfully Dangerous (1945)
Mrs. Jones
The Kid Sister (1945)
Mrs. Hollingsworth
The Hairy Ape (1944)
My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)
Mrs. Thompson
The Moon Is Down (1943)
Shantytown (1943)
Chatterbox (1943)
Wardrobe woman
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Nurse
Remember the Day (1942)
Mrs. Pettit
In Old California (1942)
Mrs. Higgins
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Woman at trial
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Maid
Down Mexico Way (1941)
Mercedes
Across the Sierras (1941)
Lu Woodworth
The Corsican Brothers (1941)
Angela
Henry Aldrich for President (1941)
Miss Patterson
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
Mrs. Robinson
Under Age (1941)
Mrs. Ames
There's Magic in Music (1941)
Mrs. Myers
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
Housekeeper
Brigham Young--Frontiersman (1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Mother of baby
Gallant Sons (1940)
Mrs. Newbold
Covered Wagon Days (1940)
Mama Rinaldo
Girls Under 21 (1940)
Mrs. White
Knute Rockne--All American (1940)
Gipp's mother
Earthbound (1940)
Maid "Blanche"
Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940)
Miss Simpson
Hell's Kitchen (1939)
Mrs. Chandler
Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Mrs. Hanna
The Kansas Terrors (1939)
Juanita
Disbarred (1939)
Aunt Marion
Four Wives (1939)
Nurse
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Nurse
Everybody's Baby (1939)
Nurse
The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
Queen Regent
The Buccaneer (1938)
Midnight Intruder (1938)
Mrs. Winslow
This Is My Affair (1937)
Nun
Outcast (1937)
Midnight Madonna (1937)
Nurse
Roll Along Cowboy (1937)
Mrs. Edwina M. Blake
Wings over Honolulu (1937)
Mrs. MacEwen's friend
On Such a Night (1937)
Matron nurse
Lost Horizon (1937)
Missionary
Borrowing Trouble (1937)
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
Mrs. Veito
China Clipper (1936)
Mother Brunn
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Mrs. Meister
The Walking Dead (1936)
Mrs. Shaw
Sins of Man (1936)
Freida Freyman
Scarlet Youth (1928)
Trial Marriage (1928)

Misc. Crew (Special)

Motown 30: What's Goin' On! (1990)
Consultant

Cast (Short)

Old Hickory (1940)
Weather Wizards (1939)
Miracle Money (1938)

Life Events

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