Ruby Keeler
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 un...
Known For
Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Goldie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
That's Dancing!
1985
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Phynx
1970
as Ruby Keeler
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Ruby
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Calling All Girls
1942
as Herself (archive footage)
Six Hits and a Miss
1942
as Herself
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941
as Betty Blake
Hollywood Handicap
1938
as Herself
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
as Kitty Carey
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as Jane
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Colleen
1936
as Colleen Reilly
Shipmates Forever
1935
as June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Dames
1934
as Barbara Hemingway
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Herself
Studio Highlights
1934
as Self
42nd Street
1933
as Peggy
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Polly
Footlight Parade
1933
as Bea
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Ruby Keeler