Ruby Keeler
Birthday
1910/08/25
Day of death
1993/02/28 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also know as
Ethel Ruby Keeler
Biography
Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Keeler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(1933) 42nd Street
as Peggy Sawyer
(1933) Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly Parker
(1933) Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
(1934) Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
(1970) The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
(1938) Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
(1934) Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
(1936) Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
(1937) Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
(1935) Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
(1935) Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
(1938) Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
(2006) 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(1930) Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler
(1941) Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
(2006) Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) Calling All Girls
as Herself (archive footage)
(2007) Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1937) A Day at Santa Anita
as Ruby Keeler
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1989) Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
(1942) Six Hits and a Miss
as Herself
(1934) And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
(1985) That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
(1934) Studio Highlights
as Self
Ruby Keeler
as Self
(2025) Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1987) Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Ruby
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest