Ruth Chatterton
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.
Known For
Fran Dodsworth
Dodsworth
Lillian Garson
The Doctor's Secret
Jacqueline Floriot
Madame X
Frisco Jenny Sandoval
Frisco Jenny
Alison Drake
Female
Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon
Lilly Turner
Sarah Storm
Sarah and Son
Caroline Van Dyke Grannard
The Rich Are Always with Us
Professor Anna Mathe
Girls' Dormitory
Linda Gault
The Crash
Francoise Mollet
Journal of a Crime
Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg
The Right to Love
Kathryn Miles
Charming Sinners
Elsie
The Lady of Scandal
Zelia de Chaumont
The Rat
Poll
The Magnificent Lie
Lady Fay Kilkerry
Unfaithful
Anna Keremazoff
Once a Lady
Eve Redman
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Pansy Gray
Anybody's Woman
Celia Whittaker
Lady of Secrets
Floozie
Paramount on Parade
Marjorie Lee
The Laughing Lady
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Alison Drake (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
(archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
Joséphine de Beauharnais
A Royal Divorce
Greta Blanke
Sins of the Fathers
Agnes Meredith
The Dummy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
29
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-12-23
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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