Ruth Chatterton
December 23, 1892 (132 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 โ 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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- 2008 ยทThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywoodas Alison Drake (archive footage)
- 2003 ยทComplicated Womenas Self (archive footage)
- 1951 ยทHallmark Hall of Fameas Queen Gertrude
- 1948 ยทThe Philco Television Playhouseas
- 1938 ยทA Royal Divorceas Josรฉphine de Beauharnais
- 1937 ยทThe Ratas Zelia de Chaumont
- 1936 ยทDodsworthas Fran Dodsworth
- 1936 ยทGirls Dormitoryas Professor Anna Mathe
- 1936 ยทLady of Secretsas Celia Whittaker
- 1934 ยทJournal of a Crimeas Francoise Mollet
- 1933 ยทFemaleas Alison Drake
- 1933 ยทLilly Turneras Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon
- 1933 ยทFrisco Jennyas Frisco Jenny Sandoval
- 1932 ยทThe Crashas Linda Gault
- 1932 ยทThe Rich Are Always with Usas Caroline Van Dyke Grannard
- 1932 ยทTomorrow and Tomorrowas Eve Redman
- 1931 ยทOnce a Ladyas Anna Keremazoff
- 1931 ยทThe Magnificent Lieas Poll
- 1931 ยทThe House That Shadows Builtas (archive footage)
- 1931 ยทUnfaithfulas Lady Fay Kilkerry
- 1930 ยทThe Right to Loveas Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg
- 1930 ยทAnybody's Womanas Pansy Gray
- 1930 ยทThe Lady of Scandalas Elsie
- 1930 ยทParamount on Paradeas Floozie
- 1930 ยทSarah and Sonas Sarah Storm
- 1929 ยทThe Laughing Ladyas Marjorie Lee
- 1929 ยทMadame Xas Jacqueline Floriot
- 1929 ยทCharming Sinnersas Kathryn Miles
- 1929 ยทThe Dummyas Agnes Meredith
- 1929 ยทThe Doctor's Secretas Lillian Garson
- 1928 ยทSins of the Fathersas Greta Blanke