Ruby Keeler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1910
- Died
- February 28, 1993
- Birthplace
- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star 2007
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound 2006
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage 2006
as Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Brats 1989
as Goldie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987
as Self
That's Dancing! 1985
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Phynx 1970
as Ruby Keeler
Six Hits and a Miss 1942
as Herself
Calling All Girls 1942
as Herself (archive footage)
Sweetheart of the Campus 1941
as Betty Blake
Mother Carey's Chickens 1938
as Kitty Carey
Hollywood Handicap 1938
as Herself
A Day at Santa Anita 1937
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Ready, Willing and Able 1937
as Jane
Colleen 1936
as Colleen Reilly
Shipmates Forever 1935
as June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance 1935
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Flirtation Walk 1934
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Dames 1934
as Barbara Hemingway
Studio Highlights 1934
as Self
And She Learned About Dames 1934
as Herself
Footlight Parade 1933
as Bea
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933
as Polly
42nd Street 1933
as Peggy
Show Girl in Hollywood 1930
as Ruby Keeler
- Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler 1928
Actor
Credits from TMDB.