Ruth Etting

Person Details

Birthday: 1896-11-23 02:09:35

Death: 1978-09-24 02:09:35

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: David City, Nebraska, USA

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Movie Involvements: 9

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

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 made a long series of movie shorts between 1929 and 1936, and three feature movies in 1933 and 1934. In 1936, she appeared in London in Ray Henderson's Transatlantic Rhythm. Her life was the basis for the fictionalized 1955 film Love Me or Leave Me, which starred Doris Day (as Etting), James Cagney (as Snyder) and Cameron Mitchell (as Alderman). Etting, Myrl Alderman and Moe Snyder all sold their rights to the story to MGM. Shortly before her death, Etting said she thought the screen portrayal of her was too tough and that Jane Powell would have been a better choice for the lead. For her work in films, Etting has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on the north side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1963	Herself	Hollywood Without Make-Up 1963-07-01 Movie
1936	N/A	Melody in May 1936-04-30 Movie
1935	N/A	An Old Spanish Onion 1935-03-01 Movie
1934	Ruth	No Contest! 1934-10-06 Movie
	Ruth	Gift of Gab 1934-09-01 Movie
	N/A	The Song of Fame 1934-07-06 Movie
	Ruth Etting	Hips, Hips, Hooray! 1934-02-02 Movie
1933	Ruth Etting	Mr. Broadway 1933-09-12 Movie
	N/A	Bye-Gones 1933-01-13 Movie
	Olga	Roman Scandals 1933-01-01 Movie
	Self	I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket 1933-01-01 Movie
1932	Anita Ragusa	A Modern Cinderella 1932-11-05 Movie
	Ruth	Artistic Temper 1932-04-17 Movie
	Ruth Eton	A Regular Trouper 1932-04-17 Movie
1931	Ruth Eton	Words & Music 1931-11-01 Movie
	N/A	Old Lace 1931-08-04 Movie
1930	Ruth Eton	One Good Turn 1930-12-25 Movie
	Helen Leslie	Roseland 1930-09-25 Movie
	Ruth	Broadway's Like That 1930-03-04 Movie
1929	Herself	Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies 1929-03-15 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv