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.​

Known For

Tony Awards

The Dick Cavett Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

42nd Street

Gold Diggers of 1933

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Footlight Parade

That's Dancing!

All Movies (27)

• Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beverly Hills Brats1989 · as Goldie
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · 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 Phynx1970 · as Ruby Keeler
• Six Hits and a Miss1942 · as Herself
• Calling All Girls1942 · as Herself (archive footage)
• Sweetheart of the Campus1941 · as Betty Blake
• Mother Carey's Chickens1938 · as Kitty Carey
• Hollywood Handicap1938 · as Herself
• A Day at Santa Anita1937 · as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
• Ready, Willing and Able1937 · as Jane
• Colleen1936 · as Colleen Reilly
• Shipmates Forever1935 · as June Blackburn
• Go Into Your Dance1935 · as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
• Flirtation Walk1934 · as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
• Dames1934 · as Barbara Hemingway
• Studio Highlights1934 · as Self
• And She Learned About Dames1934 · as Herself
• Footlight Parade1933 · as Bea Thorn
• Gold Diggers of 19331933 · as Polly
• 42nd Street1933 · as Peggy
• Show Girl in Hollywood1930 · as Ruby Keeler

All TV Shows (5)

• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Greatest Show on Earth1963
• Vacation Playhouse1963 · as Ruby
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self