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.
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Acting History
2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2007Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star as Self (archive footage)
200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self (archive footage)
2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound as Self (archive footage)
1989Beverly Hills Brats as Goldie
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1985That's Dancing! as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1970The Phynx as Ruby Keeler
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1963The Greatest Show on Earth
1963Vacation Playhouse as Ruby
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1942Six Hits and a Miss as Herself
1942Calling All Girls as Herself (archive footage)
1941Sweetheart of the Campus as Betty Blake
1938Mother Carey's Chickens as Kitty Carey
1938Hollywood Handicap as Herself
1937A Day at Santa Anita as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937Ready, Willing and Able as Jane
1936Colleen as Colleen Reilly
1935Shipmates Forever as June Blackburn
1935Go Into Your Dance as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1934Flirtation Walk as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934Dames as Barbara Hemingway
1934Studio Highlights as Self
1934And She Learned About Dames as Herself
1933Footlight Parade as Bea Thorn
1933Gold Diggers of 1933 as Polly
193342nd Street as Peggy
1930Show Girl in Hollywood as Ruby Keeler