Ruby Keeler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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- Born:
- Aug 25, 1910 In Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 30
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Show Girl in Hollywood 1930-04-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood 2025-01-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2025-01-02 |
| Movie | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | 2008-10-14 | |
| Movie | Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
| Movie | 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Goldie | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | That's Dancing! | From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage) | 1985-01-18 |
| Movie | Inside the Third Reich | Actress in film clip | 1982-05-09 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | The Phynx | Ruby Keeler | 1970-03-06 |
| Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
| Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | Calling All Girls | Herself (archive footage) | 1942-01-24 |
| Movie | Six Hits and a Miss | Herself | 1942-10-24 |
| Movie | Sweetheart of the Campus | Betty Blake | 1941-06-26 |
| Movie | Hollywood Handicap | Herself | 1938-05-28 |
| Movie | Mother Carey's Chickens | Kitty Carey | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Ready, Willing and Able | Jane | 1937-03-06 |
| Movie | A Day at Santa Anita | Ruby Keeler (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
| Movie | Colleen | Colleen Reilly | 1936-03-21 |
| Movie | Go Into Your Dance | Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | Shipmates Forever | June Blackburn | 1935-10-12 |
| Movie | Flirtation Walk | Kathleen "Kit" Fitts | 1934-12-01 |
| Movie | And She Learned About Dames | Herself | 1934-03-27 |
| Movie | Dames | Barbara Hemingway | 1934-09-01 |
| Movie | 42nd Street | Peggy | 1933-03-11 |
| Movie | Footlight Parade | Bea Thorn | 1933-10-21 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Polly | 1933-05-27 |
| Movie | Show Girl in Hollywood | Ruby Keeler | 1930-04-20 |