Ruby Keeler
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.​
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
32
Gender
Female
Birthday
1910-08-25 (114 years old)
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Acting

2025

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2007

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star as Self (archive footage)

2006

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self (archive footage)

2006

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound as Self (archive footage)

1989

Beverly Hills Brats as Goldie

1985

That's Dancing! as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1970

The Phynx as Ruby Keeler

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1963

The Greatest Show on Earth as Not available

1963

Vacation Playhouse as Ruby

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1942

Calling All Girls as Herself (archive footage)

1942

Six Hits and a Miss as Herself

1941

Sweetheart of the Campus as Betty Blake

1938

Mother Carey's Chickens as Kitty Carey

1938

Hollywood Handicap as Herself

1937

A Day at Santa Anita as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

1936

Colleen as Colleen Reilly

1935

Go Into Your Dance as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

1935

Shipmates Forever as June Blackburn

1934

Dames as Barbara Hemingway

1934

Flirtation Walk as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

1934

Studio Highlights as Self

1933

Gold Diggers of 1933 as Polly Parker

1933

42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer

1933

Footlight Parade as Bea Thorn

1930

Show Girl in Hollywood as Ruby Keeler