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Portrait of Ruth Chatterton

Acting

Ruth Chatterton

Career

Active from 1928 to 1957, with a break from 1939 to 1952, busiest in 1929 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dodsworth
Dodsworth
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruth Chatterton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Emotional 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Romance 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Pre-Code Screwball Comedy 2
  • Pre-Code Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Cynical Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 67
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

as Alison Drake (archive footage)

1950s

3 titles · average score 84
Homeward Borne
Homeward Borne (1957)

Writer

Hamlet
Hamlet (1953)

as Gertrude

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Queen Gertrude

1940s

1 title
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show

1930s

21 titles · average score 59
Dodsworth
Dodsworth (1936)
GoodWatch score 84

as Fran Dodsworth

Girls' Dormitory
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
GoodWatch score 49

as Professor Anna Mathe

Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime (1934)
GoodWatch score 60

as Francoise Mollet

Female
Female (1933)
GoodWatch score 72

as Alison Drake

Frisco Jenny
Frisco Jenny (1933)
GoodWatch score 67

as Frisco Jenny Sandoval

Lilly Turner
Lilly Turner (1933)
GoodWatch score 60

as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon

The Rich Are Always with Us
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
GoodWatch score 57

as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard

The Crash
The Crash (1932)
GoodWatch score 57

as Linda Gault

Once a Lady
Once a Lady (1931)

as Anna Keremazoff

Sarah and Son
Sarah and Son (1930)
GoodWatch score 43

as Sarah Storm

Anybody's Woman
Anybody's Woman (1930)
GoodWatch score 64

as Pansy Gray

The Lady of Scandal
The Lady of Scandal (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

as Elsie

1920s

6 titles · average score 47
Charming Sinners
Charming Sinners (1929)

as Kathryn Miles

The Laughing Lady
The Laughing Lady (1929)

as Marjorie Lee

Madame X
Madame X (1929)
GoodWatch score 47

as Jacqueline Floriot

The Dummy
The Dummy (1929)

as Agnes Meredith

The Doctor's Secret
The Doctor's Secret (1929)

as Lillian Garson

Sins of the Fathers
Sins of the Fathers (1928)

as Greta Blanke