Ruth Etting
Birthday
1896/11/22
Day of death
1978/09/24 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
David City, Nebraska, USA
Also know as
Sweetheart of Columbia Records
Biography
From Wikipedia Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. She is known as "America's sweetheart of song". Her signature tunes were "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Love Me or Leave Me". Her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me", "Exactly Like You" and "Shaking the Blues Away". In Hollywood, Etting m...Read more
Acting
(1933) Roman Scandals
as Olga
(1933) Mr. Broadway
as Ruth Etting
(1930) One Good Turn
as Ruth Eton
(1933) Bye-Gones
as ---
(1934) No Contest!
as Ruth
(1934) The Song of Fame
as ---
(1936) Melody in May
as ---
(1931) Old Lace
as ---
(1930) Broadway's Like That
as Ruth
(1934) Hips, Hips, Hooray!
as Ruth Etting
(1935) An Old Spanish Onion
as ---
(1932) A Modern Cinderella
as Anita Ragusa
(1930) Roseland
as Helen Leslie
(1929) Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies
as Herself
(1934) Gift of Gab
as Ruth
(1933) I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket
as Self
(1931) Words & Music
as Ruth Eton
(1932) A Regular Trouper
as Ruth Eton
(1932) Artistic Temper
as Ruth
(1933) Along Came Ruth
as Ruth Etting a.k.a. Ruth Eldridge
(1931) Freshman Love
as Ruth Eton