Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 25, 1910
Died
Feb 28, 1993
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits
32 titles
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
Filmography
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Brats
Goldie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
That's Dancing!
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Phynx
Ruby Keeler
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Greatest Show on Earth
Vacation Playhouse
Ruby
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Six Hits and a Miss
Herself
Calling All Girls
Herself (archive footage)
Sweetheart of the Campus
Betty Blake
Mother Carey's Chickens
Kitty Carey
Hollywood Handicap
Herself
A Day at Santa Anita
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Ready, Willing and Able
Jane
Colleen
Colleen Reilly
Shipmates Forever
June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Flirtation Walk
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Dames
Barbara Hemingway
Studio Highlights
Self
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
Footlight Parade
Bea
Gold Diggers of 1933
Polly
42nd Street
Peggy
Show Girl in Hollywood
Ruby Keeler