Ruby Keeler

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

32

Gender

Female

Birthday

1910-08-25

Deathday

1993-02-28 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Also Known As

  • Ethel 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.

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Known For

42nd Street
6.9%

42nd Street

Mar 11, 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933
7.2%

Gold Diggers of 1933

May 27, 1933

Footlight Parade
6.9%

Footlight Parade

Oct 21, 1933

Dames
6.3%

Dames

Sep 1, 1934

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6%

The Ed Sullivan Show

Jun 20, 1948

The Dick Cavett Show
6.6%

The Dick Cavett Show

Jun 6, 1968

That's Dancing!
7.0%

That's Dancing!

Jan 18, 1985

Flirtation Walk
5.5%

Flirtation Walk

Dec 1, 1934

Hollywood Handicap
4.5%

Hollywood Handicap

May 28, 1938

Beverly Hills Brats
5.4%

Beverly Hills Brats

Oct 6, 1989

Tony Awards
4.6%

Tony Awards

Apr 1, 1956

The Phynx
3.5%

The Phynx

Mar 6, 1970

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Acting

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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star as Self (archive footage)
2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound as Self (archive footage)
2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self (archive footage)
1989
Beverly Hills Brats as Goldie
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
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
1963
Vacation Playhouse as Ruby
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1942
Six Hits and a Miss as Herself
1942
Calling All Girls as Herself (archive footage)
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)
1937
Ready, Willing and Able as Jane
1936
Colleen as Colleen Reilly
1935
Shipmates Forever as June Blackburn
1935
Go Into Your Dance as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1934
Flirtation Walk as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934
Dames as Barbara Hemingway
1934
Studio Highlights as Self
1934
And She Learned About Dames as Herself
1933
Footlight Parade as Bea Thorn
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933 as Polly Parker
1933
42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer
1930
Show Girl in Hollywood as Ruby Keeler
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