Ruth Etting

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actress human singer torch singer

Ruth Etting was a popular American singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, famed for hits like "Love Me or Leave Me" and known as one of the era's leading torch singers.

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Ruth Etting canonical 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
torch singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1937 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1896-11-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1978-09-24 ⓘ
familyName Etting ⓘ
fullName Ruth Etting self-link ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
givenName Ruth ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
movement vaudeville ⓘ
notableCharacteristic known as America’s Sweetheart of Song ⓘ
one of the most popular female singers of the late 1920s and early 1930s ⓘ
notableEvent subject of 1955 biographical film Love Me or Leave Me ⓘ
notableWork Button Up Your Overcoat ⓘ
Deed I Do ⓘ
It All Depends on You ⓘ
Love Me or Leave Me ⓘ
Mean to Me ⓘ
Shine On, Harvest Moon ⓘ
Ten Cents a Dance ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
radio performer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
vaudeville performer ⓘ
performerOf Button Up Your Overcoat ⓘ
Deed I Do ⓘ
It All Depends on You ⓘ
Love Me or Leave Me ⓘ
Mean to Me ⓘ
Shine On, Harvest Moon ⓘ
Ten Cents a Dance ⓘ
placeOfBirth David City, Nebraska, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
portrayedBy Doris Day ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Victor Records ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Moe Snyder ⓘ
Myrl Alderman ⓘ
Myrtland F. “Marty” Snyder ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kensico Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Ruth Etting ⓘ
Get Happy → firstPerformer → Ruth Etting ⓘ
Ziegfeld Follies → notablePerformer → Ruth Etting ⓘ
Ruth Etting → fullName → Ruth Etting self-link ⓘ
Dancin’ with Tears in My Eyes → hasBeenRecordedBy → Ruth Etting ⓘ