Ruth Gillette

Ruth Gillette

Born: August 16, 1906
Died: May 13, 1994
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Movies for Ruth Gillette...

Title: Madame's Place
Character: Mrs. Stewart, III
Released: September 20, 1982
Type: TV
Madame's Place is an American sitcom that featured the misadventures of Madame, a puppet in the form of a bawdy old movie star with a naughty sense of humor.
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Going Ape!
Title: Going Ape!
Character: Marianne
Released: April 10, 1981
Type: Movie
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with a greedy zoologic society's president.
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The Devil To Pay
Title: The Devil To Pay
Character: Minnie
Released: November 9, 1960
Type: Movie
A short silent (with narration), parodying science fiction films. The USA misfires a rocket which crash lands on Tartarus (or Hades), where Buster Keaton, as Diabolus, is enraged and seeks revenge.
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In a Lonely Place
Title: In a Lonely Place
Character: Martha (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1950
Type: Movie
An screenwriter with a violence record is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
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Coney Island
Title: Coney Island
Character: Saloon Patron
Released: June 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.
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The Monster and the Girl
Title: The Monster and the Girl
Character: Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1941
Type: Movie
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
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The Return of the Cisco Kid
Title: The Return of the Cisco Kid
Character: Flora (blonde with Gordito)
Released: April 28, 1939
Type: Movie
In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.
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Made for Each Other
Title: Made for Each Other
Character: Tipsy Blonde at New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
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Pride of the Navy
Title: Pride of the Navy
Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1939
Type: Movie
A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable boat to carry torpedoes.
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Slander House
Title: Slander House
Character: Mme. Renault
Released: October 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.
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The Chaser
Title: The Chaser
Character: Mrs. Olson
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
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Josette
Title: Josette
Character: Belle
Released: June 3, 1938
Type: Movie
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
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In Old Chicago
Title: In Old Chicago
Character: Miss Lou
Released: April 15, 1938
Type: Movie
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Title: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Character: Melba
Released: March 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Title: Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Character: Ex-Follies Girl
Released: September 17, 1937
Type: Movie
Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.
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Saratoga
Title: Saratoga
Character: Mrs. Hurley
Released: July 23, 1937
Type: Movie
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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This Is My Affair
Title: This Is My Affair
Character: Blonde
Released: May 28, 1937
Type: Movie
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Off to the Races
Title: Off to the Races
Character: Rosabelle
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.
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The Gentleman from Louisiana
Title: The Gentleman from Louisiana
Character: Lillian Russell
Released: August 14, 1936
Type: Movie
In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of small-time criminals.
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Convention Girl
Title: Convention Girl
Character: Helen Shalton, Singer-Call Girl
Released: October 30, 1935
Type: Movie
Wily hotel 'hostess' Babe LaVal navigates booming business, cabaret calls and shady deals in Atlantic City. She meets a soup magnate, and begins to feel it might be 'the real thing'.
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Life Begins at Forty
Title: Life Begins at Forty
Character: Mrs. Cotton
Released: March 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
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Woman in the Dark
Title: Woman in the Dark
Character: Lil Logan
Released: November 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a mysterious woman arrives.
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So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
Title: So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
Character: Betty Whipple
Released: November 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A hen-pecked husband takes his shrewish wife, and her obnoxious little brother, on a weekend camping trip. Along for the ride are the boorish downstairs neighbors (Shemp Howard and Ruth Gillette). A pleasant getaway turns into a nightmare thanks to the antics of Junior, an uncooperative tent, a lazy and oblivious Henry, and a skunk.
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Wild Gold
Title: Wild Gold
Character: Dixie Belle
Released: June 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A young man desperately in love with a nightclub singer sees an opportunity to spend some time alone with her when they're traveling through the Nevada gold country, and he takes the carburetor off her car and throws it in the river, stranding them there. They wind up staying at the cabin of a crusty old prospector, and soon the manager of a nightclub act shows up with his bevy of beautiful showgirls.
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Frontier Marshal
Title: Frontier Marshal
Character: Queenie LaVerne
Released: January 19, 1934
Type: Movie
Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone
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Keg o' My Heart
Title: Keg o' My Heart
Character: Leading Lady (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Hal Roach comedy starring Billy Gilbert and Billy Bletcher. Also starring Don Barclay, Charley Rogers, Ruth Gillette, Theodore Lurch, Charlie Hall.
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Stage Mother
Title: Stage Mother
Character: Blonde
Released: September 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.