Ruby Keeler
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
42nd Street
as Peggy
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
1933
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
1933
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
1934
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
1970
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
1938
Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
1936
Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
1937
Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
1935
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
1938
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler
1930
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
1941
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Calling All Girls
as Herself (archive footage)
1942
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
2007
A Day at Santa Anita
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
