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