Ring, Blanche (1877–1961)
Ring, Blanche (1877–1961)
American musical-comedy star. Born April 24, 1877, in Boston, MA; died Jan 13, 1961, in Santa Monica, CA; sister of Frances Ring (actress, 1882–1951); m. James Walker Jr.; m. Edward Wentworth; m. Frederick E. McKay; m. Charles Winninger (div.).
Had 1st success singing "In the Good Old Summertime" (1902); appeared in numerous musicals and plays, including Tommy Rot, The Jewel of Asia, The Blonde in Black, The Jersey Lily, The Pink Hussars, The Great White Way, The Wall Street Girl, The Passing Show of 1919, No No Nanette, Strike Up the Band and Right This Way; popularized such songs as "I've Got Rings on My Fingers," "Bedelia," and "Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine."
More From encyclopedia.com
Harold Arlen , Arlen, Harold
Piano, composer, arranger, vocalist
For more than a century, a large number of immigrant Jews from Poland, Germany and Russia fled to t… Frank Sinatra , Sinatra, Frank
Singer
Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915, and even though his tender father, Marty, helped to raise… Johnny Mercer , Mercer, Johnny
Songwriter, singer, record company executive
Johnny Mercer wrote lyrics or music for more than 1,000 songs in a career spanning nearly… Musical Comedy , musical comedy (musicals). Type of musical entertainment, 20th-cent. development of operetta, which relies for its popular success on a succession of… Leslie Uggams , Uggams, Leslie 1943–
Singer, actress
The versatile Leslie Uggams has enjoyed an extremely successful career as a singer and actress on stage, on tele… Mariah Carey , Chapman, Tracy
Singer, songwriter, guitarist
In an era when the label folksinger-songwriter does little to guarantee success, Tracy Chapman has seen…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Ring, Blanche (1877–1961)