Ruby Elzy
Date of birth (location)
20 February 1908
Pontotoc, Mississippi
Date of death
26 June 1943
Detroit, Michigan (following a minor operation)
Mini biography
Ruby Elzy was a pioneer Black opera singer who appeared on stage, radio and film...
Actress - filmography
(1940s) (1930s)
1. Birth of the Blues (1941) .... Ruby
2. Way Down South (1939) (uncredited) .... Singer, Hall Johnson Choir
3. Tell No Tales (1939) (uncredited) .... Woman in chair at the wake
4. Toy Wife, The (1938) (uncredited) .... Mulatto at Fruit Stand
... aka Frou Frou (1938) (UK)
5. Emperor
Jones, The (1933) .... Dolly