Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Known for
Acting
Born
August 25, 1910
Died
February 28, 1993 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.​

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood poster

Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star poster

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage poster

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound poster

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

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1989
Beverly Hills Brats poster

Beverly Hills Brats

Movie · as Goldie

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1985
That's Dancing! poster

That's Dancing!

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

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1970
The Phynx poster

The Phynx

Movie · as Ruby Keeler

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · 1 ep

1963
Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

TV · as Ruby · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1942
Calling All Girls poster

Calling All Girls

Movie · as Herself (archive footage)

1942
Six Hits and a Miss poster

Six Hits and a Miss

Movie · as Herself

1941
Sweetheart of the Campus poster

Sweetheart of the Campus

Movie · as Betty Blake

1938
Hollywood Handicap poster

Hollywood Handicap

Movie · as Herself

1938
Mother Carey's Chickens poster

Mother Carey's Chickens

Movie · as Kitty Carey

1937
Ready, Willing and Able poster

Ready, Willing and Able

Movie · as Jane

1937
A Day at Santa Anita poster

A Day at Santa Anita

Movie · as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

1936
Colleen poster

Colleen

Movie · as Colleen Reilly

1935
Shipmates Forever poster

Shipmates Forever

Movie · as June Blackburn

1935
Go Into Your Dance poster

Go Into Your Dance

Movie · as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

1934
Dames poster

Dames

Movie · as Barbara Hemingway

1934
Flirtation Walk poster

Flirtation Walk

Movie · as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

1934
And She Learned About Dames poster

And She Learned About Dames

Movie · as Herself

1934
Studio Highlights poster

Studio Highlights

Movie · as Self

1933
42nd Street poster

42nd Street

Movie · as Peggy

1933
Gold Diggers of 1933 poster

Gold Diggers of 1933

Movie · as Polly

1933
Footlight Parade poster

Footlight Parade

Movie · as Bea

1930
Show Girl in Hollywood poster

Show Girl in Hollywood

Movie · as Ruby Keeler

1928
Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Movie