
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.
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42nd Street (1933)
as Peggy

Footlight Parade (1933)
as Bea Thorn

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Polly

That's Dancing! (1985)
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self (archive footage)

Flirtation Walk (1934)
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

The Phynx (1970)
as Ruby Keeler

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
as Jane

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)

Dames (1934)
as Barbara Hemingway

Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Goldie

Hollywood Handicap (1938)
as Herself

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
as Ruby Keeler

And She Learned About Dames (1934)
as Herself

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Colleen (1936)
as Colleen Reilly

Shipmates Forever (1935)
as June Blackburn

Six Hits and a Miss (1942)
as Herself
Calling All Girls (1942)
as Herself (archive footage)

Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
as Kitty Carey
Studio Highlights (1934)
as Self

A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
as Betty Blake

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star (2007)
as Self (archive footage)

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





