Ring, Blanche
(1877–1961)> SINGER · ACTRESS
Blanche Ring Singer and actress Boston, Massachusetts, April 24, 1877; Santa Monica, California, January 13, 1961. Ring first appeared in vaudeville in her hometown before coming to New York City, where she made her debut on Broadway in The Defender (July 3, 1902). She interpolated in the show George Evans and Ren Shields ’s “In the Good Old Summer Time,” with which she was identified thereafter. She witnessed in the song’s creation when she and the two songwriters were having dinner at Coney…