Ruby Keeler
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1910-08-25
Day of Death
1993-02-28 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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
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
(1987)
(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
(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)
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
(1938)
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
(1937)
Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
(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)
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
(1934)
Studio Highlights
as Self
(1933)
42nd Street
as Peggy Sawyer
(1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly Parker
(1933)
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
(1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler