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Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

ActingBorn August 25, 1910Died February 28, 1993 (age 82)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.​

Filmography

2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
1989Movie
1985
That's Dancing!

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

Movie
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1970
The Phynx

as Ruby Keeler

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1963TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

TV
1942Movie
1942
Calling All Girls

as Herself (archive footage)

Movie
1941Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1937
A Day at Santa Anita

as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

Movie
1937Movie
1936
Colleen

as Colleen Reilly

Movie
1935
Shipmates Forever

as June Blackburn

Movie
1935
Go Into Your Dance

as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

Movie
1934
Flirtation Walk

as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

Movie
1934
Dames

as Barbara Hemingway

Movie
1934Movie
1934Movie
1933
Footlight Parade

as Bea Thorn

Movie
1933Movie
1933
42nd Street

as Peggy

Movie
1930Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 25, 1910
Day of DeathFebruary 28, 1993
Place of BirthDartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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