Ruth Chatterton

Ruth Chatterton

1892-12-23 – 1961-11-25 (age 68) New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, one of the few female pilots in the United States at the time. In the late 1930s, Chatterton retired from film acting but continued her career on the stage. She had several TV roles beginning in the late 1940s and became a successful novelist in the 1950s.

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Complicated Women
Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Dodsworth
Dodsworth

1936

as Fran Dodsworth

Unfaithful
Unfaithful

1931

as Lady Fay Kilkerry

Madame X
Madame X

1929

as Jacqueline Floriot

The Crash
The Crash

1932

as Linda Gault

Frisco Jenny
Frisco Jenny

1933

as Frisco Jenny Sandoval

The Dummy
The Dummy

1929

as Agnes Meredith

Lilly Turner
Lilly Turner

1933

as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon

Girls' Dormitory
Girls' Dormitory

1936

as Professor Anna Mathe

The Rat
The Rat

1937

as Zelia de Chaumont

The Rich Are Always with Us
The Rich Are Always with Us

1932

as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard

Female
Female

1933

as Alison Drake

Charming Sinners
Charming Sinners

1929

as Kathryn Miles

Lady of Secrets
Lady of Secrets

1936

as Celia Whittaker

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built

1931

as (archive footage)

The Laughing Lady
The Laughing Lady

1929

as Marjorie Lee

Once a Lady
Once a Lady

1931

as Anna Keremazoff

Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade

1930

as Floozie

Anybody's Woman
Anybody's Woman

1930

as Pansy Gray