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
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hamlet
1953
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Dodsworth
1936
Complicated Women
2003
Girls' Dormitory
1936
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
Charming Sinners
1929
Sins of the Fathers
1928
The House That Shadows Built
1931
Once a Lady
1931
Filmography
The Philco Television Playhouse
· 1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Queen Gertrude · 1951
Hamlet
as Gertrude · 1953
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Alison Drake (archive footage) · 2008
Dodsworth
as Fran Dodsworth · 1936
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
Girls' Dormitory
as Professor Anna Mathe · 1936
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard · 1932
Charming Sinners
as Kathryn Miles · 1929
Sins of the Fathers
as Greta Blanke · 1928
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage) · 1931
Once a Lady
as Anna Keremazoff · 1931
Lilly Turner
as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon · 1933
The Right to Love
as Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg · 1930
Paramount on Parade
as Floozie · 1930
Journal of a Crime
as Francoise Mollet · 1934
The Lady of Scandal
as Elsie · 1930
Female
as Alison Drake · 1933
Sarah and Son
as Sarah Storm · 1930
The Doctor's Secret
as Lillian Garson · 1929
The Laughing Lady
as Marjorie Lee · 1929
A Royal Divorce
as Joséphine de Beauharnais · 1938
Anybody's Woman
as Pansy Gray · 1930
Frisco Jenny
as Frisco Jenny Sandoval · 1933
Lady of Secrets
as Celia Whittaker · 1936
The Magnificent Lie
as Poll · 1931
The Crash
as Linda Gault · 1932
Madame X
as Jacqueline Floriot · 1929
The Dummy
as Agnes Meredith · 1929
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
as Eve Redman · 1932
The Rat
as Zelia de Chaumont · 1937
Unfaithful
as Lady Fay Kilkerry · 1931