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Home/People/Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler profile photo
Born
Aug 25, 1910Died: Feb 28, 1993
Lived 82 years
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

27
Movies
4
TV Shows
Also Known As
Ethel Ruby Keeler
IMDb Profile

Ruby Keeler

Acting

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.​
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood poster

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
2025
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star poster

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

as Self (archive footage)
2007
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage poster

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

as Self (archive footage)
2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound poster

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

as Self (archive footage)
2006
Beverly Hills Brats poster

Beverly Hills Brats

as Goldie
1989
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self
1987
That's Dancing! poster

That's Dancing!

as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1985
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Phynx poster

The Phynx

as Ruby Keeler
1970
Six Hits and a Miss poster

Six Hits and a Miss

as Herself
1942
Calling All Girls poster

Calling All Girls

as Herself (archive footage)
1942
Sweetheart of the Campus poster

Sweetheart of the Campus

as Betty Blake
1941
Mother Carey's Chickens poster

Mother Carey's Chickens

as Kitty Carey
1938
Hollywood Handicap poster

Hollywood Handicap

as Herself
1938
A Day at Santa Anita poster

A Day at Santa Anita

as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937
Ready, Willing and Able poster

Ready, Willing and Able

as Jane
1937
Colleen poster

Colleen

as Colleen Reilly
1936
Shipmates Forever poster

Shipmates Forever

as June Blackburn
1935
Go Into Your Dance poster

Go Into Your Dance

as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935
Flirtation Walk poster

Flirtation Walk

as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934