Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1937, Rooney akaita firimu rake rokutanga pamwe chete naJudy Garland ne"Thoroughbreds Don't Cry". Garland naRooney vakava shamwari dzepedyo sezvo vakabatanidzwa pamwe chete mumafirimu emunguva yemberi uye vakava boka rakabudirira rwiyo-uye-kutamba. Vateereri vakafadzwa nokuona "kudyidzana kunonakidza pakati penyeredzi mbiri dzacho kunoratidza kubatana kunoshamisa". Pamwe chete nemafirimu matatu e "Andy Hardy", apo airatidzira musikana anokwezva Andy, vakaonekwa pamwe chete mumutambo wemimhanzi yakabudirira, kusanganisira kuuya-kwezera mimhanzi "Babes muArms" (1939). Nokuita kwake saMickey Moran, Mickey Rooney ane makore 19 okukura
Akasarudzwa kuti awane mubairo weOscar weBest Actor muMutungamiri Aitungamirira, achiva wechipiri-muduku weActor Actor nominee. Munguva yehurukuro mufirimu rekunyora ra1992 "MGM: Apo Shumba Inodzvova", Rooney anorondedzera ushamwari hwavo: