Ruby Keeler
Acting
Born: 1910-08-25 · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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 un
🎬 Movies (27)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
Goldie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Self
That's Dancing!
1985
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
The Phynx
1970
Ruby Keeler
Calling All Girls
1942
Herself (archive footage)
Six Hits and a Miss
1942
Herself
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941
Betty Blake
Hollywood Handicap
1938
Herself
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
Kitty Carey
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
Jane
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Colleen
1936
Colleen Reilly
Shipmates Forever
1935
June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
1935
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Dames
1934
Barbara Hemingway
Flirtation Walk
1934
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
And She Learned About Dames
1934
Herself
Studio Highlights
1934
Self
42nd Street
1933
Peggy
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Polly
Footlight Parade
1933
Bea Thorn
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
Ruby Keeler
