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Ruby Murray(1935-1996)

  • Actress
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Ruby Murray was born on 29 March 1935 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Saint Maud (2019), Belfast (2021) and A Touch of the Sun (1956). She was married to Ray Lamar and Bernie Burgess. She died on 17 December 1996 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK.
BornMarch 29, 1935
DiedDecember 17, 1996(61)
BornMarch 29, 1935
DiedDecember 17, 1996(61)
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Known for

Morfydd Clark in Saint Maud (2019)
Saint Maud
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 2019
Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, and Jamie Dornan in Belfast (2021)
Belfast
7.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 2021
Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray, and Dennis Price in A Touch of the Sun (1956)
A Touch of the Sun
5.4
  • Ruby
  • 1956
John Mills in It's Great to Be Young! (1956)
It's Great to Be Young!
6.4
  • Singer(uncredited)
  • 1956

Credits

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Actress



  • Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray, and Dennis Price in A Touch of the Sun (1956)
    A Touch of the Sun
    5.4
    • Ruby
    • 1956
  • John Mills in It's Great to Be Young! (1956)
    It's Great to Be Young!
    6.4
    • Singer (uncredited)
    • 1956

Music Department



  • Sean Connery, Kieron Moore, Janet Munro, Jimmy O'Dea, and Albert Sharpe in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
    Darby O'Gill and the Little People
    7.1
    • singing voice: Janet Munro (uncredited)
    • 1959

Soundtrack



  • Emily Fairn, Fionn O'Shea, James Norton, Anthony Boyle, and Louis Partridge in House of Guinness (2025)
    House of Guinness
    7.4
    TV Series
    • performer: "Phil the Fluter's Ball"
    • 2025
  • Kaitlyn Dever in No One Will Save You (2023)
    No One Will Save You
    6.2
    • performer: "Knock on Any Door"
    • 2023
  • Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, and Jamie Dornan in Belfast (2021)
    Belfast
    7.2
    • performer: "Real Love"
    • 2021
  • Morfydd Clark in Saint Maud (2019)
    Saint Maud
    6.6
    • performer: "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)"
    • 2019
  • Laura Dern, Sam Rockwell, Bill Burr, Mo Collins, Jamie Denbo, Debi Derryberry, Trevor Devall, Al Ducharme, Kevin P. Farley, David Koechner, Justin Long, Kevin Michael Richardson, Michael Kenneth Williams, Eileen Fogarty, Haley Reinhart, and Aly Ward Azevedo in F Is for Family (2015)
    F Is for Family
    8.0
    TV Series
    • performer: "I'll Come When You Call" (uncredited)
    • 2017
  • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
    Call the Midwife
    8.6
    TV Series
    • performer: "You Are My First Love" (uncredited)
    • 2013
  • Stuart Townsend in Resurrection Man (1998)
    Resurrection Man
    5.4
    • performer: "Softly, Softly" (La Tamise et mon Jardin)
    • 1998
  • Sean Connery, Kieron Moore, Janet Munro, Jimmy O'Dea, and Albert Sharpe in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
    Darby O'Gill and the Little People
    7.1
    • performer: "Pretty Irish Girl"
    • 1959
  • Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray, and Dennis Price in A Touch of the Sun (1956)
    A Touch of the Sun
    5.4
    • performer: "In Love", "O'Malley's Tango"
    • 1956
  • John Mills in It's Great to Be Young! (1956)
    It's Great to Be Young!
    6.4
    • performer: "You Are My First Love"
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Born
    • March 29, 1935
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  • Died
    • December 17, 1996
    • Torquay, Devon, England, UK(alcoholism)
  • Spouses
      Ray Lamar1993 - 1996 (her death)

Did you know

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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.

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