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Ruth Robinson

Born August 17, 1887 in Topeka, Kansas, USADied March 17, 196650 films

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You Can't Take It with You posterFirst watchYou Can't Take It with You19387.5as Neighbor (uncredited)Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the…View film

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Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  2. 1950The Secret FuryMrs. Updyke (uncredited)
  3. 1949TrappedMrs. Flaherty (uncredited)
  4. 1949ImpactApartment Manager
  5. 1948The Three Musketeers
  6. 1947TrilbyMrs Bagot
  7. 1947StepchildMiss Brighton
  8. 1946That Brennan GirlWoman Deputy (uncredited)
  9. 1946The Spider Woman Strikes BackMrs. Wentley (scenes deleted or never filmed)
  10. 1945The Kid SisterMrs. Hollingsworth
  11. 1943The Moon Is DownVillager (uncredited)
  12. 1942In Old CaliforniaMrs. Higgins
  13. 1942The Corsican BrothersAngela
  14. 1941Remember the DayMrs. Petit
  15. 1941One Foot in HeavenLydia's Maid (uncredited)
  16. 1941Down Mexico WayMercedes
  17. 1941Whistling in the DarkMrs. Robinson
  18. 1941Across the SierrasLu Woodworth
  19. 1940Gallant SonsMrs. Newbold (uncredited)
  20. 1940Knute Rockne All AmericanMolly - Gipp's Mother (uncredited)
  21. 1940Brigham YoungDiscouraged Mormon
  22. 1940Dr. Kildare Goes HomeMother of Baby (uncredited)
  23. 1940Five Little Peppers in TroubleMiss Simpson
  24. 1940EarthboundBlanche - Ellen's Maid
  25. 1940Covered Wagon DaysMama Rinaldo
  26. 1940In Old MissouriFarmer's Wife
  27. 1939Four WivesNurse in the Nursery (uncredited)
  28. 1939The Kansas TerrorsJuanita
  29. 1939The Arizona KidTownswoman
  30. 1939Our Leading CitizenMrs. Hanna
  31. 1939Torchy Blane... Playing with DynamiteHead Matron (uncredited)
  32. 1939Hell's KitchenMargaret Chandler (uncredited)
  33. 1939The Story of Alexander Graham BellNurse
  34. 1939Everybody's BabyNurse (uncredited)
  35. 1938You Can't Take It with YouNeighbor (uncredited)
  36. 1938The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseUpdyke's Guest (uncredited)
  37. 1938The Lone Wolf in ParisThe Queen of Arvonne
  38. 1938Miracle MoneyMrs. Saunders (uncredited)
  39. 1938Midnight IntruderMrs. Winslow (uncredited)
  40. 1937Borrowing TroubleTownswoman
  41. 1937Roll Along, CowboyEdwina Blake
  42. 1937On Such a NightMatron nurse (uncredited)
  43. 1937Wings Over HonoluluMrs. MacEwen's Friend
  44. 1937OutcastMrs. Scutter
  45. 1936China ClipperMother Brunn
  46. 1936The Case of the Velvet ClawsMrs. Veite
  47. 1936Sins of ManFreida Freyman
  48. 1936The Walking DeadMrs. Shaw
  49. 1936The Story of Louis PasteurMrs. Meister
  50. 1928Scarlet Youth