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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 25, 1910
Died
February 28, 1993
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also Known As
- Ethel Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler
0.2 Popularity
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
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
6.0
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
4.9
Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
5.0
Goldie
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
7.5
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
7.0
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
3.5
Ruby Keeler
The Phynx
1970
6.7
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Credits
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2025
6.4
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
2007
0.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
2006
4.9
Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
1989
5.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
7.5
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1985
7.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
5.7
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
1970
3.5
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.7
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
5.0
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Ruby
1963
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.1
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Six Hits and a Miss
as Herself
1942
4.5
🎬
Calling All Girls
as Herself (archive footage)
1942
0.0
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
1941
5.0
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
1938
5.2
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
1938
4.5
A Day at Santa Anita
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
1937
5.1
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
1936
5.3
Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
1935
6.5
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935
6.8
Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934
5.6
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
1934
6.4
🎬
Studio Highlights
as Self
1934
0.0
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
1934
6.0
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
1933
6.9
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly Parker
1933
7.2
42nd Street
as Peggy Sawyer
1933
6.9
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler
1930
5.8