caption birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive birthname image article_title name occupation
terry pictured in 1940 benton harbor , michigan , u.s. 21 october 1920 john ledbetter -lrb- 1966-present -rrb- 1937-1964 ruth mcmahon ruth terry.jpg ruth terry
 ruth terry film actress , singer
ruth terry

ruth terry , born ruth mcmahon -lrb- born 21 october 1920 -rrb- , is a retired american singer and tv and screen actress 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 .
