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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Dodsworth
Dodsworth

1936

as Fran Dodsworth

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Hamlet

1953

as Gertrude

Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime

1934

as Francoise Mollet

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

1932

as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard

The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built

1931

as (archive footage)

Anybody's Woman
Anybody's Woman

1930

as Pansy Gray

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
The Right to Love
The Right to Love

1930

as Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg

Complicated Women
Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Charming Sinners
Charming Sinners

1929

as Kathryn Miles

Madame X
Madame X

1929

as Jacqueline Floriot

The Doctor's Secret
The Doctor's Secret

1929

as Lillian Garson

Girls' Dormitory
Girls' Dormitory

1936

as Professor Anna Mathe

Frisco Jenny
Frisco Jenny

1933

as Frisco Jenny Sandoval

Female
Female

1933

as Alison Drake

The Lady of Scandal
The Lady of Scandal

1930

as Elsie

The Laughing Lady
The Laughing Lady

1929

as Marjorie Lee

Lilly Turner
Lilly Turner

1933

as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon

Sins of the Fathers
Sins of the Fathers

1928

as Greta Blanke

The Crash
The Crash

1932

as Linda Gault