Ruby Keeler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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- Born:
- Aug 25, 1910 In Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 24
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Show Girl in Hollywood 1930-04-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History 2008-10-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | 2008-10-14 | |
| Movie | Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Goldie | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | That's Dancing! | From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage) | 1985-01-18 |
| Movie | Inside the Third Reich | Actress in film clip | 1982-05-09 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | The Phynx | Ruby Keeler | 1970-03-06 |
| Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | Calling All Girls | Herself (archive footage) | 1942-01-24 |
| Movie | Sweetheart of the Campus | Betty Blake | 1941-06-26 |
| Movie | Mother Carey's Chickens | Kitty Carey | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Hollywood Handicap | Herself | 1938-05-28 |
| Movie | Ready, Willing and Able | Jane | 1937-03-06 |
| Movie | A Day at Santa Anita | Ruby Keeler (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
| Movie | Colleen | Colleen Reilly | 1936-03-21 |
| Movie | Go Into Your Dance | Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | Shipmates Forever | June Blackburn | 1935-10-12 |
| Movie | Flirtation Walk | Kathleen "Kit" Fitts | 1934-12-01 |
| Movie | Dames | Barbara Hemingway | 1934-09-01 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Polly | 1933-05-27 |
| Movie | Footlight Parade | Bea Thorn | 1933-10-21 |
| Movie | Show Girl in Hollywood | Ruby Keeler | 1930-04-20 |