Cast
Ruby Keeler
Acting
Cast
Ruby Keeler
Known for
Acting
Born
1910-08-25
From
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
1993-02-28
Also 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.
Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
42nd Street
as Peggy
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
A Day at Santa Anita
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
Studio Highlights
as Self
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
Six Hits and a Miss
as Herself
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
Calling All Girls
as Herself (archive footage)