- Films
- 43
- Avg rating
- 6.81
- Peak run
- 1935’40
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ruth by the numbers
Average
6.81
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.85
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.49
rating spread
Career
26y
1931 to 1956
Total votes
100K
across every film
Best
7.8
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Worst
7.2
The Bells of St. Mary's
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | Liz Eckhart | 6.9 | 3,751 |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street | Molly Higgins | 6.4 | 1,763 |
| 1951 | I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Glory White | · | 666 |
| 1950 |  Where the Sidewalk Ends | Martha | 7.5 | 11,308 |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | Cora Elliot | · | 357 |
| 1945 |  The Bells of St. Mary's | Sister Michael | 7.2 | 10,686 |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Grace Wingate | · | 793 |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Mrs. O'Brien | 5.8 | 1,492 |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Emma | · | 964 |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Aunt Lou | 6.8 | 3,375 |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Effie Perkins | · | 700 |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Josephine | · | 610 |
| 1938 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Josephine (Jo) | · | 341 |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder | Nora Marco | 7.0 | 2,773 |
| 1936 | Cain and Mabel | Aunt Mimi | 6.3 | 2,207 |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary | Helen Davis | · | 896 |
| 1936 |  Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Mabel Dawson | 7.8 | 25,295 |
| 1935 | Alibi Ike | Bess | · | 809 |
| 1935 | Hands Across the Table | Laura | 6.9 | 2,413 |
| 1935 | Personal Maid's Secret | Lizzie | · | 347 |
Better together?
Ruth Donnelly's regulars
- Barbara StanwyckCo-star · 3 films
- Allen JenkinsCo-star · 3 films · 6.80 avg●−0.01
- George BrentCo-star · 3 films · 6.40 avg▼−0.42
- Lew LandersDirector and actor · 2 films
- Michael CurtizDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.12
- William A. WellmanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.13
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.29
- Roy Del RuthDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.20
- Alfred E. GreenDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.53
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.