Personal Info
Known Credits
27
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1910-08-25 (115 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also Known For
Ethel Ruby Keeler
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 un ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
| Self (archive footage)
2007 --
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
| Self (archive footage)
1989 --
Beverly Hills Brats
| Goldie
1985 --
That's Dancing!
| From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1970 --
The Phynx
| Ruby Keeler
1942 --
Six Hits and a Miss
| Herself
1942 --
Calling All Girls
| Herself (archive footage)
1941 --
Sweetheart of the Campus
| Betty Blake
1938 --
Mother Carey's Chickens
| Kitty Carey
1938 --
Hollywood Handicap
| Herself
1937 --
A Day at Santa Anita
| Ruby Keeler
1937 --
Ready, Willing and Able
| Jane
1936 --
Colleen
| Colleen Reilly
1935 --
Shipmates Forever
| June Blackburn
1935 --
Go Into Your Dance
| Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1934 --
Flirtation Walk
| Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934 --
Dames
| Barbara Hemingway
1934 --
Studio Highlights
| Self
1934 --
And She Learned About Dames
| Herself
1933 --
Footlight Parade
| Bea Thorn
1933 --
Gold Diggers of 1933
| Polly Parker
1933 --
42nd Street
| Peggy Sawyer
1930 --
Show Girl in Hollywood
| Ruby Keeler