Ruby Keeler
Acting • Born 1910-08-25 – Died 1993-02-28
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
31 credits
42nd Street
Movie • 1933
Peggy
Gold Diggers of 1933
Movie • 1933
Polly
Footlight Parade
Movie • 1933
Bea Thorn
Dames
Movie • 1934
Barbara Hemingway
The Phynx
Movie • 1970
Ruby Keeler
Hollywood Handicap
Movie • 1938
Herself
Flirtation Walk
Movie • 1934
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Colleen
Movie • 1936
Colleen Reilly
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie • 1937
Jane
Shipmates Forever
Movie • 1935
June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
Movie • 1935
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Mother Carey's Chickens
Movie • 1938
Kitty Carey
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Show Girl in Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Ruby Keeler
Sweetheart of the Campus
Movie • 1941
Betty Blake
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Calling All Girls
Movie • 1942
Herself (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
A Day at Santa Anita
Movie • 1937
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
And She Learned About Dames
Movie • 1934
Herself
Beverly Hills Brats
Movie • 1989
Goldie
Six Hits and a Miss
Movie • 1942
Herself
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Studio Highlights
Movie • 1934
Self
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Ruby
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest