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Ruth Chatterton

Cast & creator

Ruth Chatterton

1892-12-23 (died at 68) New York City, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for The Philco Television Playhouse, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Dodsworth

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.

Movies

31

film credits

Series

2

television credits

Career

32

1928–2008 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Acting · 1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Queen Gertrude · 1951

Dodsworth

Dodsworth

Fran Dodsworth · 1936

Girls' Dormitory

Girls' Dormitory

Professor Anna Mathe · 1936

Hamlet

Gertrude · 1953

Across film & television

Filmography (33)

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The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Queen Gertrude

Dodsworth

Dodsworth

Fran Dodsworth

Girls' Dormitory

Girls' Dormitory

Professor Anna Mathe

Hamlet

Gertrude

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

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

Alison Drake (archive footage)

Charming Sinners

Charming Sinners

Kathryn Miles

The House That Shadows Built

The House That Shadows Built

(archive footage)

The Lady of Scandal

The Lady of Scandal

Elsie

Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade

Floozie

The Rich Are Always with Us

The Rich Are Always with Us

Caroline Van Dyke Grannard

Sins of the Fathers

Sins of the Fathers

Greta Blanke

Journal of a Crime

Journal of a Crime

Francoise Mollet

Complicated Women

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

The Right to Love

The Right to Love

Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg

Female

Female

Alison Drake

Anybody's Woman

Anybody's Woman

Pansy Gray

Lilly Turner

Lilly Turner

Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon

The Laughing Lady

The Laughing Lady

Marjorie Lee

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny Sandoval

Sarah and Son

Sarah and Son

Sarah Storm

The Dummy

The Dummy

Agnes Meredith

The Doctor's Secret

The Doctor's Secret

Lillian Garson

The Magnificent Lie

The Magnificent Lie

Poll

Madame X

Madame X

Jacqueline Floriot

Once a Lady

Once a Lady

Anna Keremazoff

The Crash

The Crash

Linda Gault

Lady of Secrets

Lady of Secrets

Celia Whittaker

A Royal Divorce

A Royal Divorce

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Homeward Borne

Homeward Borne

Writer

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Eve Redman

The Rat

The Rat

Zelia de Chaumont

Unfaithful

Unfaithful

Lady Fay Kilkerry