Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

1910-08-25 – 1993-02-28 (age 82) Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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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

42nd Street
42nd Street

1933

as Peggy

Gold Diggers of 1933
Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk

1934

as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade

1933

as Bea Thorn

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

Dames
Dames

1934

as Barbara Hemingway

Show Girl in Hollywood
Show Girl in Hollywood

1930

as Ruby Keeler

That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!

1985

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

The Phynx
The Phynx

1970

as Ruby Keeler

Mother Carey's Chickens
Mother Carey's Chickens

1938

as Kitty Carey

Go Into Your Dance
Go Into Your Dance

1935

as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats

1989

as Goldie

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

2025

as Self (archive footage)

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Calling All Girls

1942

as Herself (archive footage)

Shipmates Forever
Shipmates Forever

1935

as June Blackburn

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Colleen
Colleen

1936

as Colleen Reilly

Ready, Willing and Able
And She Learned About Dames