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

Complicated Women
Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Female
Female

1933

as Alison Drake

The Rat
The Rat

1937

as Zelia de Chaumont

Madame X
Madame X

1929

as Jacqueline Floriot

Frisco Jenny
Frisco Jenny

1933

as Frisco Jenny Sandoval

Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade

1930

as Floozie

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

1932

as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard

Once a Lady
Once a Lady

1931

as Anna Keremazoff

Lilly Turner
Lilly Turner

1933

as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon

The Lady of Scandal
The Lady of Scandal

1930

as Elsie

Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Tomorrow and Tomorrow

1932

as Eve Redman

Girls' Dormitory
Girls' Dormitory

1936

as Professor Anna Mathe

The Crash
The Crash

1932

as Linda Gault

Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime

1934

as Francoise Mollet

The Dummy
The Dummy

1929

as Agnes Meredith

Lady of Secrets
Lady of Secrets

1936

as Celia Whittaker

A Royal Divorce
A Royal Divorce

1938

as JosΓ©phine de Beauharnais

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
The Magnificent Lie