Ruth Terry, Hollywood actress – obituary
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Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television 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.
Terry was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the daughter of Irish-American parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McMahon. She attended St John's Catholic School in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Terry won a number of prizes for singing before singing with the Paul Ash Theater Orchestra at the age of twelve. At that same age, she left her hometown to sing with Clyde McCoy's orchestra.
Terry's first movie was Love and Hisses in 1937 with Walter Winchell, at which time she was earning $400 per week. Her first western was Call of the Canyon with Gene Autry. She appeared in several Roy Rogers movies. Her best-known movie was Pistol Packin' Mama, based on the song of the same name with Robert Livingston. She retired when she married her second husband in 1947.
While making films, Terry continued her singing career in a limited way. On August 15, 1943, she appeared as guest female singer on The Bob Crosby Show on NBC radio.
On June 20, 1942, Terry and test pilot John Martin eloped and were married in Las Vegas, Nevada. On October 25, 1947, she married John P. Gilmour, a Canadian. A November 8, 1947, article in her hometown newspaper, The News-Palladium, reported, "She has given up her career as an actress and she and her husband and her four-year-old son by a previous marriage will make their home at St. Genevieve de Pierre Fonds, Quebec."
Terry was a Republican who supported Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election.
Actress
The New Interns (1964)
The New Interns
6.1
Carolyn's Mother (uncredited)
1964
Hand of Death (1962)
Hand of Death
4.7
Woman with Packages
1962
Cheyenne (1955)
Cheyenne
8.0
TV Series
Neighbor Woman
1961
1 episode
Coronado 9 (1960)
Coronado 9
7.8
TV Series
Paula Rhem
1961
1 episode
James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
Maverick
8.0
TV Series
Librarian
1960
1 episode
Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77
Sunset Strip (1958)
77 Sunset Strip
7.7
TV Series
Helen Blanton
1959
1 episode
Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, and Kathleen Nolan in The
Real McCoys (1957)
The Real McCoys
7.6
TV Series
Grace Harwick
1958
1 episode
Shelley Fabares, Donna Reed, Carl Betz, and Paul Petersen in
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
The Donna Reed Show
7.4
TV Series
Ruth Sterling
1958
1 episode
Behind Closed Doors (1958)
Behind Closed Doors
7.7
TV Series
Sally Anderson
1958
1 episode
Richard Coogan in The Californians (1957)
The Californians
6.5
TV Series
Ravinia Selby
1958
1 episode
Paul Campbell, Gil Taylor, Ruth Terry, Paul Trietsch, Ken
Trietsch, Charles Ward, and The Hoosier Hotshots in Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Smoky River Serenade
6.4
Sue Greeley
1947
Robert Livingston, Franklin Pangborn, and Ruth Terry in Tell
It to a Star (1945)
Tell It to a Star
6.3
Carol Lambert
1945
Billie Burke, Ona Munson, Eugene Pallette, Joseph
Schildkraut, Ruth Terry, and Raymond Walburn in The Cheaters (1945)
The Cheaters
6.8
Therese Pidgeon
1945
Edward Everett Horton and Gladys George in Steppin' in
Society (1945)
Steppin' in Society
6.7
Lola Forrest
1945
Vera Ralston in Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
Lake Placid Serenade
6.4
Susan Cermak
1944
Don 'Red' Barry and Ruth Terry in My Buddy (1944)
My Buddy
6.1
Lola
1944
Roy Acuff, Virginia Brissac, Stanley Brown, Harry Cheshire,
Carolina Cotton, Maxine Doyle, Earle Hodgins, Olin Howland, Charles Irwin, Mary
Kenyon, Beverly Lloyd, Florence Pepper, Jimmy Riddle, Ruth Terry, Myrtle
Wiseman, Scotty Wiseman, Joe Zinkan, Jesse Easterday, Beecher Kirby, Rachel
Veach, The Milo Twins, and Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys and Girls in
Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
6.2
Virginia Blake
1944
Mary Lee, Ruth Terry, and Cheryl Walker in Three Little
Sisters (1944)
Three Little Sisters
5.3
Hallie Scott
1944
Henry Hull, Robert Livingston, and Ruth Terry in Goodnight,
Sweetheart (1944)
Goodnight, Sweetheart
5.7
Caryl Martin
1944
Paul Harvey, Ruth Terry, and George Byron in Jamboree (1944)
Jamboree
5.4
Ruth Cartwright
1944
Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, and Trigger in Hands Across the
Border (1944)
Hands Across the Border
5.9
Kim Adams
1944
Robert Livingston, Ruth Terry, and Wally Vernon in Pistol
Packin' Mama (1943)
Pistol Packin' Mama
6.4
Vicki Norris
Sally Benson
1943
Frank Albertson and Ruth Terry in Mystery Broadcast (1943)
Mystery Broadcast
6.1
Jan Cornell
1943
Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, and Trigger in Man from Music
Mountain (1943)
Man from Music Mountain
6.2
Laramie Winters
1943
Roy Rogers, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Sons of the
Pioneers, Tim Spencer, and Ruth Terry in Heart of the Golden West (1942)
Heart of the Golden West
6.1
Mary Lou Popen
1942
Ruth Terry in Youth on Parade (1942)
Youth on Parade
5.4
Patty Flynn
Betty Reilly
1942
Gene Autry, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Bob Nolan, Sons
of the Pioneers, Tim Spencer, and Ruth Terry in Call of the Canyon (1942)
Call of the Canyon
6.5
Katherine 'Kit' Carson
1942
Dennis O'Keefe and Ruth Terry in The Affairs of Jimmy
Valentine (1942)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
6.0
Bonnie Forbes
1942
Judy Canova in Sleepytime Gal (1942)
Sleepytime Gal
7.0
Sugar Caston
1942
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan in Appointment for Love
(1941)
Appointment for Love
5.8
Edith Meredith
1941
Rookies on Parade (1941)
Rookies on Parade
Lois Rogers
1941
Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton in Blondie
Goes Latin (1941)
Blondie Goes Latin
6.5
Lovey Nelson - the Singer
1941
Johnny Downs and Ruth Terry in Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
(1940)
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
7.0
Irene
1940
Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris,
Ruth Terry, and Jane Wyman in An Angel from Texas (1940)
An Angel from Texas
5.7
Valerie Blayne
1940
Broderick Crawford, Pat O'Brien, and Ruth Terry in Slightly
Honorable (1939)
Slightly Honorable
6.0
Ann Seymour
1939
Hotel for Women (1939)
Hotel for Women
6.6
Craig's Receptionist
1939
Wendy Barrie and Richard Greene in The Hound of the
Baskervilles (1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
7.4
Betsy Ann (uncredited)
1939
Binnie Barnes, Warner Baxter, and Loretta Young in Wife,
Husband and Friend (1939)
Wife, Husband and Friend
6.2
Carol
1939
John Barrymore, Joan Davis, Jack Haley, George Murphy, and
Marjorie Weaver in Hold That Co-ed (1938)
Hold That Co-ed
6.1
Edie
1938
Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, and Alice Faye in Alexander's
Ragtime Band (1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
6.8
Ruby
1938
George Sanders, Dolores Del Río, Dick Baldwin, and June Lang
in International Settlement (1938)
International Settlement
6.5
Specialty
1938
Ben Bernie, Joan Davis, Bert Lahr, Simone Simon, and Walter
Winchell in Love and Hisses (1937)
Love and Hisses
6.1
Hawaiian Specialty Singer
1937
Soundtrack
Paul Campbell, Gil Taylor, Ruth Terry, Paul Trietsch, Ken
Trietsch, Charles Ward, and The Hoosier Hotshots in Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Smoky River Serenade
6.4
performer: "Suppose a Girl" (uncredited)
1947
Don 'Red' Barry and Ruth Terry in My Buddy (1944)
My Buddy
6.1
performer: "Who Done It?"
1944
Roy Acuff, Virginia Brissac, Stanley Brown, Harry Cheshire,
Carolina Cotton, Maxine Doyle, Earle Hodgins, Olin Howland, Charles Irwin, Mary
Kenyon, Beverly Lloyd, Florence Pepper, Jimmy Riddle, Ruth Terry, Myrtle
Wiseman, Scotty Wiseman, Joe Zinkan, Jesse Easterday, Beecher Kirby, Rachel
Veach, The Milo Twins, and Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys and Girls in
Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
6.2
performer: "Dear Old Blake", "The Popcorn Polka"
(uncredited)
1944
Mary Lee, Ruth Terry, and Cheryl Walker in Three Little
Sisters (1944)
Three Little Sisters
5.3
performer: "Three Little Sisters"
1944
Henry Hull, Robert Livingston, and Ruth Terry in Goodnight,
Sweetheart (1944)
Goodnight, Sweetheart
5.7
performer: "I'm Not Myself Anymore"
1944
Paul Harvey, Ruth Terry, and George Byron in Jamboree (1944)
Jamboree
5.4
performer: "Jamboree"
1944
Robert Livingston, Ruth Terry, and Wally Vernon in Pistol
Packin' Mama (1943)
Pistol Packin' Mama
6.4
performer: "Pistol Packin' Mama" (uncredited)
1943
Gene Autry, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Bob Nolan, Sons
of the Pioneers, Tim Spencer, and Ruth Terry in Call of the Canyon (1942)
Call of the Canyon
6.5
performer: "When It's Chilly Down In Chile"
1942
Rookies on Parade (1941)
Rookies on Parade
performer: "Mother Never Told Me"
1941
Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton in Blondie
Goes Latin (1941)
Blondie Goes Latin
6.5
performer: "You Don't Play a Drum, You Beat It",
"You Can Cry On My Shoulder"
1941
Broderick Crawford, Pat O'Brien, and Ruth Terry in Slightly
Honorable (1939)
Slightly Honorable
6.0
performer: "Cupid's After Me"
1939
George Sanders, Dolores Del Río, Dick Baldwin, and June Lang
in International Settlement (1938)
International Settlement
6.5
performer: "Shrug"
1938
Self
Sterling Hayden, Roy Rogers, and Tristram Coffin in The
Republic Pictures Story (1991)
The Republic Pictures Story
8.0
TV Movie
Self
1991
Archive Footage
TCM Remembers 2016
Music Video
Self
actress (archive footage)
2016
Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys
8.5
Self (archive footage)
1992
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