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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 626
- Total plays
- 2,138
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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
Show 10 more facts
- 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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