Harry Ruby
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American composer and screenwriter (1895–1974)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Monkey Business and Duck Soup
- Animal crackers
- Oh! What a time for the girlies
- Harry Ruby letter to Irving Brown
- Harry Ruby letter to Irving Brown
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Ruby (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974) was a Jewish American composer and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was married to actress Eileen Percy. Ruby was born in New York City. After failing at his early ambition to become a professional baseball player, he toured the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with…
Known for
- The Danny Thomas Show — Harry Ruby1953
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Harry Ruby (January 27, 1895 in New York City – February 23, 1974 in Woodland Hills, California) was a Jewish American songwriter and screenwriter. After failing in his early ambition to become a professional baseball player, Ruby toured the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with the Bootblack Trio and the Messenger Boys Trio, where he met his long-time partner Bert Kalmar. Together, Ruby and Kalmar formed a successful songwriting team until the latter's death in 1947 <a href="https://www.last.fm
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1895–1974
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Screenwriters, Pianists, Music publishers, Lyricists, Compositeurs
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 28 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1895-01-27
- date of death
- 1974-02-23
- ethnic group
- American Jews
- partner in business or sport
- Bert Kalmar
- pseudonym
- Harry Ruby
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- name in native language
- Harry Rubinstein
- P8168
- Daimio tethys
- Commons category
- Harry Ruby
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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Available in 11 languages
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