Ruby Keeler
ActingAlso Known As
Ethel 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Keeler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(27 total)
42nd Street
as Peggy
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
TV Shows
(4 total)
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest