Ruth Terry Net Worth

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Ruth Terry was born in 1920 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She began entering amateur talent contests as a child and eventually won a spot singing on a Chicago radio station. At 12 years old, she won a contract to sing with the Paul Ash Chicago Theater Orchestra and later got her own nightclub act. She was spotted by talent scouts from 20th Century-Fox and given a contract, and she made her first picture, International Settlement, in 1938. She stayed with Fox for two more years before being signed by Howard Hughes and then Republic Pictures, where she made westerns with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Robert Livingston. Her contract with Republic ended in 1947 and she made one more film before retiring. In 1962, she did a small part in a low-budget horror film before retiring again.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it?	Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day	October 21, 1920
Birth Place	Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
Age	100 YEARS OLD
Died On	March 11, 2016 (aged 95)\nRancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Birth Sign	Scorpio
Occupation	Film actress, singer
Years active	1937–1964
Spouse(s)	John Martin(1942-?) John P. Gilmour (1947-?) John Ledbetter (1966–2016)

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1937

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 1966.

1942

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."

1943

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.

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