Ruth Chatterton

Ruth Chatterton

Known For

Dodsworth

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.

🎬 Movies Featuring Ruth Chatterton

Complicated Women

Complicated Women (2003)

as Self (archive footage)
A Royal Divorce

A Royal Divorce (1938)

as Joséphine de Beauharnais
The Rat

The Rat (1937)

as Zelia de Chaumont
Dodsworth

Dodsworth (1936)

as Fran Dodsworth
Girls' Dormitory

Girls' Dormitory (1936)

as Professor Anna Mathe
Lady of Secrets

Lady of Secrets (1936)

as Celia Whittaker
Journal of a Crime

Journal of a Crime (1934)

as Francoise Mollet
Female

Female (1933)

as Alison Drake
Lilly Turner

Lilly Turner (1933)

as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon
Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny (1933)

as Frisco Jenny Sandoval
The Crash

The Crash (1932)

as Linda Gault
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
Unfaithful

Unfaithful (1931)

as Lady Fay Kilkerry
The Right to Love

The Right to Love (1930)

as Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg
Madame X

Madame X (1929)

as Jacqueline Floriot
The Dummy

The Dummy (1929)

as Agnes Meredith