Ruth Terry

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-10-21 (96 years old)

Deathday

2016-03-11

Place of Birth

Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA

Ruth Terry

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ruth Terry, born Ruth McMahon (born 21 October 1920), is a retired American singer and TV and screen actress from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names of two then-famous baseball players, Babe Ruth and Bill Terry. Description above from the Wikipedia Ruth Terry licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1941

1962

Hand of Death

as Woman with Packages

1944

1939

Slightly Honorable

as Anne Seymour

1942

Heart of the Golden West

as Mary Lou Popen

1943

Mystery Broadcast

as Jan Cornell

1942

Call of the Canyon

as Katherine "Kit" Carson

1945

Tell It to a Star

as Carol Lambert

1938

1942

1938

1943

Man from Music Mountain

as Laramie Winters

1941

Appointment for Love

as Edith Meredith

1939

Hotel for Women

as Craig's Receptionist

1937

Love and Hisses

as Hawaiian Specialty Singer

1947

Smoky River Serenade

as Sue Greeley

1944

Jamboree

as Ruth Cartwright

1944

Goodnight, Sweetheart

as Caryl Martin

1944

Three Little Sisters

as Hallie Scott

1944

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

as Virginia Blake

1945

Steppin' in Society

as Lola Forrest

1941

Rookies on Parade

as Lois Rogers

1942

Youth on Parade

as Patty Flynn / Betty Reilly

1943

Pistol Packin' Mama

as Vicki Norris / Sally Benson

1944

My Buddy

as Lola

1940

An Angel from Texas

as Valerie Blayne

1945

The Cheaters

as Therese Pidgeon

1944

Lake Placid Serenade

as Susan Cermak

1942

Sleepytime Gal

as Sugar Caston

1992

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

as Herself (archive footage)

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