Ruby Keeler
Known for
Acting
Born
August 25, 1910
Birthplace
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
February 28, 1993 (aged 82)
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.
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Best known work
42nd Street
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Footlight Parade
1933
Dames
1934
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
That's Dancing!
1985
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Flirtation Walk
1934
Hollywood Handicap
1938
The Phynx
1970Filmography
2025
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywoodas Self (archive footage)
2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Staras Self (archive footage)
2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stageas Self (archive footage)
2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Boundas Self (archive footage)
1989
Beverly Hills Bratsas Goldie
1987
1985
That's Dancing!as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Phynxas Ruby Keeler
1968
1963
1963
1956
1948
1942
Six Hits and a Missas Herself
1942
Calling All Girlsas Herself (archive footage)
1941
Sweetheart of the Campusas Betty Blake
1938
Mother Carey's Chickensas Kitty Carey
1938
Hollywood Handicapas Herself
1937
A Day at Santa Anitaas Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937
Ready, Willing and Ableas Jane
1936
Colleenas Colleen Reilly
1935
Shipmates Foreveras June Blackburn
1935
Go Into Your Danceas Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1934
Flirtation Walkas Kathleen "Kit" Fitts