Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

8/25/1910 – 2/28/1993Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.​

Filmography (32 titles)

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood6.5Movie

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

Self (archive footage) · 2025

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a StarMovie

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

Self (archive footage) · 2007

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage6.0Movie

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Self (archive footage) · 2006

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound4.9Movie

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

Self (archive footage) · 2006

Beverly Hills Brats5.0Movie

Beverly Hills Brats

Goldie · 1989

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood6.0Movie

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self · 1987

That's Dancing!6.9Movie

That's Dancing!

From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage) · 1985

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?6.3Movie

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) · 1975

The Phynx3.7Movie

The Phynx

Ruby Keeler · 1970

The Dick Cavett Show6.8Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · 1968

7.5Show

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

8.0Show

Vacation Playhouse

Ruby · 1963

Tony AwardsShow

Tony Awards

Self - Performer · 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show6.8Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · 1948

Six Hits and a Miss5.8Movie

Six Hits and a Miss

Herself · 1942

6.0Movie

Calling All Girls

Herself (archive footage) · 1942

Sweetheart of the Campus5.8Movie

Sweetheart of the Campus

Betty Blake · 1941

Mother Carey's Chickens6.0Movie

Mother Carey's Chickens

Kitty Carey · 1938

Hollywood Handicap4.8Movie

Hollywood Handicap

Herself · 1938

A Day at Santa Anita6.0Movie

A Day at Santa Anita

Ruby Keeler (uncredited) · 1937

Ready, Willing and Able5.4Movie

Ready, Willing and Able

Jane · 1937

Colleen5.8Movie

Colleen

Colleen Reilly · 1936

Shipmates Forever6.6Movie

Shipmates Forever

June Blackburn · 1935

Go Into Your Dance7.2Movie

Go Into Your Dance

Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne · 1935

Flirtation Walk5.8Movie

Flirtation Walk

Kathleen "Kit" Fitts · 1934

Dames6.5Movie

Dames

Barbara Hemingway · 1934

Movie

Studio Highlights

Self · 1934

And She Learned About Dames7.0Movie

And She Learned About Dames

Herself · 1934

Footlight Parade6.8Movie

Footlight Parade

Bea · 1933

Gold Diggers of 19337.2Movie

Gold Diggers of 1933

Polly · 1933