Acting
Ruby Keeler
Also Known As: Ethel Ruby Keeler
Birth Date
August 25, 1910
Death Date
February 28, 1993
(passed away at 82)
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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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.
Photos
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968 • 1 episode
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956 • 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948 • 1 episode
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 • 1 episode
Vacation Playhouse
Ruby
1963 • 1 episode
Gold Diggers of 1933
Polly
1933
Footlight Parade
Bea
1933
42nd Street
Peggy
1933
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Ready, Willing and Able
Jane
1937
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
That's Dancing!
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1985
Show Girl in Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
1930
Dames
Barbara Hemingway
1934
Flirtation Walk
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Go Into Your Dance
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
1934
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
2006