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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

41

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-10-21

Day of Death

2016-03-11 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Ruth Mae McMahon

Ruth Mae Terry

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.

Known For

Acting

Blondie Goes Latin

1941

Blondie Goes Latin

as

Singer

Hand of Death

1962

Hand of Death

as

Woman with Packages

Slightly Honorable

1939

Slightly Honorable

as

Anne Seymour

Heart of the Golden West

1942

Heart of the Golden West

as

Mary Lou Popen

Mystery Broadcast

1943

Mystery Broadcast

as

Jan Cornell

Call of the Canyon

1942

Call of the Canyon

as

Katherine "Kit" Carson

Tell It to a Star

1945

Tell It to a Star

as

Carol Lambert

Hold That Co-ed

1938

Hold That Co-ed

as

Edie

Man from Music Mountain

1943

Man from Music Mountain

as

Laramie Winters

Appointment for Love

1941

Appointment for Love

as

Edith Meredith

Hotel for Women

1939

Hotel for Women

as

Craig's Receptionist

Love and Hisses

1937

Love and Hisses

as

Hawaiian Specialty Singer

Smoky River Serenade

1947

Smoky River Serenade

as

Sue Greeley

Jamboree

1944

Jamboree

as

Ruth Cartwright

Goodnight, Sweetheart

1944

Goodnight, Sweetheart

as

Caryl Martin

Three Little Sisters

1944

Three Little Sisters

as

Hallie Scott

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

1944

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

as

Virginia Blake

Steppin' in Society

1945

Steppin' in Society

as

Lola Forrest

Rookies on Parade

1941

Rookies on Parade

as

Lois Rogers

Youth on Parade

1942

Youth on Parade

as

Patty Flynn / Betty Reilly

Pistol Packin' Mama

1943

Pistol Packin' Mama

as

Vicki Norris / Sally Benson

My Buddy

1944

My Buddy

as

Lola

An Angel from Texas

1940

An Angel from Texas

as

Valerie Blayne

The Cheaters

1945

The Cheaters

as

Therese Pidgeon

Lake Placid Serenade

1944

Lake Placid Serenade

as

Susan Cermak

Sleepytime Gal

1942

Sleepytime Gal

as

Sugar Caston

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

1992

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

as

Herself (archive footage)

Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors

as

Sally Anderson

Maverick

Maverick

as

Librarian

Production

Crew

Directing