Ruth Chatterton

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.

Known for

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

2008 ⭐ 6.1

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Complicated Women

2003 ⭐ 6.9

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A Royal Divorce

1938 ⭐ 9.0

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The Rat

1937 ⭐ 8.1

Career timeline

2008

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

Alison Drake (archive footage) · 2008

⭐ 6.1

2003

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage) · 2003

⭐ 6.9

1938

A Royal Divorce Notable

Joséphine de Beauharnais · 1938

⭐ 9.0

1937

The Rat Notable

Zelia de Chaumont · 1937

⭐ 8.1

1936

Dodsworth Notable

Fran Dodsworth · 1936

⭐ 7.1

Girls' Dormitory

Professor Anna Mathe · 1936

⭐ 6.6

Lady of Secrets

Celia Whittaker · 1936

⭐ 6.7

1934

Journal of a Crime

Francoise Mollet · 1934

⭐ 5.9

1933

Female

Alison Drake · 1933

⭐ 6.3

Lilly Turner

Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon · 1933

⭐ 5.3

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny Sandoval · 1933

⭐ 6.7

1932

The Crash

Linda Gault · 1932

⭐ 5.5

The Rich Are Always with Us

Caroline Van Dyke Grannard · 1932

⭐ 5.4

Tomorrow and Tomorrow Notable

Eve Redman · 1932

⭐ 8.0

1931

Once a Lady

Anna Keremazoff · 1931

⭐ 4.6

The Magnificent Lie Notable

Poll · 1931

⭐ 7.0

The House That Shadows Built Notable

(archive footage) · 1931

⭐ 8.5

1930

The Right to Love

Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg · 1930

⭐ 6.0

Anybody's Woman

Pansy Gray · 1930

⭐ 6.6

The Lady of Scandal

Elsie · 1930

⭐ 5.5

1929

The Laughing Lady Notable

Marjorie Lee · 1929

⭐ 7.3

Madame X

Jacqueline Floriot · 1929

⭐ 6.3

Charming Sinners Notable

Kathryn Miles · 1929

⭐ 7.5

1928

Sins of the Fathers Notable

Greta Blanke · 1928

⭐ 8.0

Frequently appears with

Valerie Spencer

Narrator (voice)

John Landis

Self

Rudy Behlmer

Self

Jerry Beck

Self

Jane Fonda

Self - Narrator (voice)

Frances Dee

Self - Interviewee

Karen Morley

Self - Interviewee

Kitty Carlisle

Self - Interviewee

Mae Madison

Self - Interviewee

Full filmography

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

2008 ⭐ 6.1

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Complicated Women

2003 ⭐ 6.9

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A Royal Divorce

1938 ⭐ 9.0

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The Rat

1937 ⭐ 8.1

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Dodsworth

1936 ⭐ 7.1

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Girls' Dormitory

1936 ⭐ 6.6

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Lady of Secrets

1936 ⭐ 6.7

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Journal of a Crime

1934 ⭐ 5.9

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Female

1933 ⭐ 6.3

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Lilly Turner

1933 ⭐ 5.3

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Frisco Jenny

1933 ⭐ 6.7

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The Crash

1932 ⭐ 5.5

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The Rich Are Always with Us

1932 ⭐ 5.4

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow

1932 ⭐ 8.0

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Once a Lady

1931 ⭐ 4.6

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The Magnificent Lie

1931 ⭐ 7.0

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The House That Shadows Built

1931 ⭐ 8.5

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Unfaithful

1931 ⭐ 7.0

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The Right to Love

1930 ⭐ 6.0

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Anybody's Woman

1930 ⭐ 6.6