Acting
Ruby Keeler
FR, EN cinema · 28 credits
Born
25 August 1910
Died
28 February 1993 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also known as Ethel Ruby Keeler
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
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
Calling All Girls
as Herself (archive footage)
Six Hits and a Miss
as Herself
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
A Day at Santa Anita
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
42nd Street
as Peggy
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler