Ruth Etting

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: David City, Nebraska, USA, 1896-11-22

Died: 1978-09-24

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies	Herself	20
2	1930	Broadway's Like That	Ruth	30
3	1930	Roseland	Helen Leslie	35
4	1930	One Good Turn	Ruth Eton	0
5	1931	Freshman Love	Ruth Eton	0
6	1931	Old Lace		0
7	1931	Words & Music	Ruth Eton	0
8	1932	A Regular Trouper	Ruth Eton	60
9	1932	Artistic Temper	Ruth	50
10	1932	A Modern Cinderella	Anita Ragusa	40
11	1933	Bye-Gones		0
12	1933	I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket	Self	70
13	1933	Along Came Ruth	Ruth Etting a.k.a. Ruth Eldridge	0
14	1933	Knee Deep In Music	Self	0
15	1933	Mr. Broadway	Ruth Etting	0
16	1933	Roman Scandals	Olga	60
17	1934	Hips, Hips, Hooray!	Ruth Etting	58
18	1934	The Song of Fame		20
19	1934	Gift of Gab	Ruth	10
20	1934	No Contest!	Ruth	0
21	1935	An Old Spanish Onion		70
22	1936	Melody in May	Ruth Etting	0

Ruth Etting

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