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Ruby Keeler

Known For: Acting
Born: August 25, 1910
Place of Birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: February 28, 1993

Ruby Keeler

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.

Filmography

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

2007 · Self (archive footage)

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

2006 · Self (archive footage)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Beverly Hills Brats

1989 · Goldie

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987 · Self

That's Dancing!

1985 · From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

The Phynx

1970 · Ruby Keeler

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

1963 · Ruby

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Performer

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Six Hits and a Miss

1942 · Herself

Calling All Girls

Calling All Girls

1942 · Herself (archive footage)

Sweetheart of the Campus

1941 · Betty Blake

Mother Carey's Chickens

1938 · Kitty Carey

Hollywood Handicap

1938 · Herself

A Day at Santa Anita

1937 · Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

Ready, Willing and Able

1937 · Jane

Colleen

1936 · Colleen Reilly

Shipmates Forever

1935 · June Blackburn

Go Into Your Dance

1935 · Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

Flirtation Walk

1934 · Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

Dames

1934 · Barbara Hemingway

Studio Highlights

Studio Highlights

1934 · Self

And She Learned About Dames

1934 · Herself

Footlight Parade

1933 · Bea

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933 · Polly

42nd Street

1933 · Peggy

Show Girl in Hollywood

1930 · Ruby Keeler

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