Ruby Keeler
Known for: Acting
Born: August 25, 1910
Died: February 28, 1993
Place of birth: Dartmouth, 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.
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Filmography
27 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
6.5
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025
NR
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
4.9
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
5.0
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
6.9
That's Dancing!
1985
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
3.6
The Phynx
1970
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
19687.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
19638.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
NR
Tony Awards
1956
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
5.8
Six Hits and a Miss
19426.0
Calling All Girls
1942
5.8
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941
6.0
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
4.8
Hollywood Handicap
1938
6.0
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
5.4
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
5.8
Colleen
1936
6.6
Shipmates Forever
1935
7.2
Go Into Your Dance
1935
5.8
Flirtation Walk
1934
6.5
Dames
1934NR
Studio Highlights
1934
7.0
And She Learned About Dames
1934
6.8
Footlight Parade
1933
7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
6.9
42nd Street
1933
5.8
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930