Ruby Keeler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 August 1910 · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Died
- 28 February 1993
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.
Known for
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- 2025Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound as Self (archive footage)
- 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self (archive footage)
- 1989Beverly Hills Brats as Goldie
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1985That's Dancing! as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1970The Phynx as Ruby Keeler
- 1942Six Hits and a Miss as Herself
- 1942Calling All Girls as Herself (archive footage)
- 1941Sweetheart of the Campus as Betty Blake
- 1938Mother Carey's Chickens as Kitty Carey
- 1938Hollywood Handicap as Herself
- 1937A Day at Santa Anita as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
- 1937Ready, Willing and Able as Jane
- 1936Colleen as Colleen Reilly
- 1935Shipmates Forever as June Blackburn
- 1935Go Into Your Dance as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
- 1934Flirtation Walk as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
- 1934Dames as Barbara Hemingway
- 1934Studio Highlights as Self
- 1934And She Learned About Dames as Herself
- 1933Footlight Parade as Bea
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933 as Polly
- 193342nd Street as Peggy
- 1930Show Girl in Hollywood as Ruby Keeler