# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-etting
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:05:49.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-etting"
name: "Ruth Etting"
slug: "ruth-etting"
description: "Ruth Etting was an American singer and actress during the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. Known as \"America's sweetheart of song\", her signature tunes were \"Shine On, Harvest Moon\", \"Ten Cents a Dance\" and \"Love Me or Leave Me\"."
tagline: "American singer, vaudevillian, musical theatre performer and film actress (1897–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Etting_CBS_photo.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1897-11-23"
deathDate: "1978-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.19
  momentum:             1.991525423728813
  historical:           17.85400533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262190/"
    handle:    "nm0262190"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ruthetting.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روث ايتينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روث اتینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "روث اتینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ルース・エッティング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Etting"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%82"
    title: "Эттинг, Рут"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рут Еттінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روتھ ایٹنگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120738"
    title: "Ruth Etting"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump