Ruth Etting

Ruth Etting fascinates me as a voice that defined the emotional texture of an entire era. Rising from David City, Nebraska to become "America's sweetheart of song," she scored more than sixty hits and carried torch songs like "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Shine On, Harvest Moon" across stage, radio, and film. What impresses me most is that she achieved this in the primitive early days of recording, when sheer interpretive feeling had to do the work technology could not. Her Hollywood Walk of Fame star feels almost understated for an artist who shaped how a generation listened to heartbreak and longing.

Name (English)

Ruth Etting

Name (Japanese)

ルース・エティング

Reading

るーす・えてぃんぐ

Born

November 23, 1897 – September 24, 1978

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

David City, Nebraska, United States

Occupation

singer / stage actor / film actor / Ziegfeld girl / actor

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.ruthetting.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Etting
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456051

Tags

• Nebraska
• singer
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.