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- Birth nameRuby Florence Campbell Murray
- Ruby Murray was born on March 29, 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 December 17, 1996 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK.
- SpousesRay Lamar(1993 - 1996) (her death)Bernie Burgess(August 23, 1957 - 1976) (2 children)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Murray's popularity led to her name being adopted in Cockney rhyming slang as a rhyme for "curry". The phrase "have a ruby" appears in various episodes of the BBC TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses.
- The 1950s was a busy period for Murray, during which she had her own television show, starred at the London Palladium with Norman Wisdom, appeared in a Royal Command Performance (1955), and toured the world.
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