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Biography
Ruth Chatterton was an American stage, film, and television actress, aviator and novelist. 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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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1930 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1929 · nominated
Filmography6 titles

Dodsworth
1936as Fran Dodsworth
1936as Fran Dodsworth

Female
1933as Alison Drake
1933as Alison Drake

Madame X
1929as Jacqueline Floriot
1929as Jacqueline Floriot

The Crash
1932as Linda Gault
1932as Linda Gault

The Lady of Scandal
1930as Elsie
1930as Elsie

The Rich Are Always with Us
1932as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard
1932as Caroline Van Dyke Grannard