Ruth was 50-years-old when this photograph was made, and currently it’s the only photo on this site that was made after the heyday of her career, and after her marriage to Mryl Alderman.
Rising to fame in the twenties and early thirties, Ruth Etting was renowned for her great beauty, her gorgeous voice and her tragic life. She starred on Broadway, made movies in Hollywood, married a mobster, had numerous hit-records, fell in love and was known as America's Sweetheart of Song.