Biography for
Ruth Etting More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

23 November 1896, David City, Nebraska, USA

Date of Death

24 September 1978, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Nickname

Sweetheart of Columbia Records

Mini Biography

Celebrated singing star of US stage, radio and recordings, she popularized the torch song "You Made Me Love You," among others. Etting appeared in numerous film shorts as well as three feature-length films of the early 1930's.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Takacs <kinephile@aol.com>

Spouse

Myrl Alderman	(14 December 1938 - 16 September 1966) (his death)
Martin Snyder	(12 July 1922 - 30 November 1937) (divorced)

Trivia

Portrayed by Doris Day in Love Me or Leave Me (1955).

Personal Quotes

[about Love Me or Leave Me (1955), the biopic of her life with Martin Snyder (aka "Moe Snyder"), who jealously shot Myrl Alderman, her accompanist and later husband] It was half fairy tale. It's a shame that the most beautiful part of my life, my 28-year marriage to [Myrl], was left out completely because that was the real highlight of my life story.