Ruby Murray was born on March 29, 1935 in Belfast, Northern Ireland as Ruby Florence Campbell Murray. She was married to Ray Lamar and Bernie Burgess. She died on December 17, 1996 in Torquay, Devon, England.
A biography on her "The True Story of Ruby Murray" co written by Bernie Burgess was published in 2006.
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Met her husband Bernie Burgess when they appeared in the same Summer season show in Blackpool and he was a member of the vocal group The Jones Boys.
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A plaque commemorating her was unveiled on the wall of Ulster Hall in Belfast on 29th March 2006 with her first husband and their children in attendance.
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Son Tim and daughter Julie by Bernie Burgess.
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One of Ireland's most successful singers of all time, her first five single releases were all in the UK top twenty simultaneously. She had a number one in 1955 with "Softly, Softly". More recently her name has come to be used as Cockney slang for a curry.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Call the Midwife
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
It's Great to Be Young!
1956
performer: "You Are My First Love"
A Touch of the Sun
1956
performer: "In Love", "O'Malley's Tango"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
It's Great to Be Young!
1956
Singer (uncredited)
A Touch of the Sun
1956
Ruby
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
singing voice: Janet Munro - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Highway
1988
TV Series
Herself
Russell Harty Plus
1973
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Golden Shot
1968-1969
TV Series
Herself
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1962-1965
TV Series
Herself
Comedy Bandbox
1963
TV Series
Herself
Saturday Bandbox
1962
TV Series
Herself
Music Shop
1959
TV Series
Herself - Performer
Six-Five Special
1958
TV Series
Herself
Off the Record
1955-1958
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Performer
The Big Record
1957
TV Series
Herself
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z
1957
TV Series
Herself
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1957
TV Series
Herself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955-1956
TV Series
Herself
Salute to Yorkshire
1956
TV Movie
Herself
Film Fanfare
1956
TV Series
Herself - Interviewee
Secombe Here!
1955
TV Mini-Series
Herself
The Centre Show
1955
TV Series
Herself
Quite Contrary
1954-1955
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Songbirds: The First Ladies of Irish Song
2005
TV Mini-Series
Herself
Known for movies
Salute to Yorkshire (1956) as Herself
Quite Contrary (1954-1955) as Herself
A Touch of the Sun (1956) as Ruby
Off the Record (1955-1958) as Herself / Herself - Performer
$1.3 Million
