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.​

Most Famous Work

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Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Performer

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Shipmates Forever

(1935) June Blackburn

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The Love Goddesses

(1965) (archive footage)

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Mother Carey's Chickens

(1938) Kitty Carey

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Colleen

(1936) Colleen Reilly

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Flirtation Walk

(1934) Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

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That's Dancing!

(1985) From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

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Go Into Your Dance

(1935) Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2007	Self (archive footage)	Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star 2007-02-20 Movie
2006	Self (archive footage)	42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage 2006-03-21 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound 2006-03-21 Movie
1989	Goldie	Beverly Hills Brats 1989-10-06 Movie
1985	From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)	That's Dancing! 1985-01-18 Movie
1975	Self (archive footage)	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975-08-06 Movie
1970	Ruby Keeler	The Phynx 1970-03-06 Movie
1968	Self - Guest	The Dick Cavett Show 1968-06-06 TV Show
1965	(archive footage)	The Love Goddesses 1965-03-03 Movie
1963	N/A	The Greatest Show on Earth 1963-09-17 TV Show
	Ruby	Vacation Playhouse 1963-07-22 TV Show
1956	Self - Performer	Tony Awards 1956-04-01 TV Show
1948	Self	The Ed Sullivan Show 1948-06-20 TV Show
1942	Herself	Six Hits and a Miss 1942-10-24 Movie
	Herself (archive footage)	Calling All Girls 1942-01-24 Movie
1941	Betty Blake	Sweetheart of the Campus 1941-06-26 Movie
1938	Kitty Carey	Mother Carey's Chickens 1938-07-29 Movie
	Herself	Hollywood Handicap 1938-05-28 Movie
1937	Ruby Keeler (uncredited)	A Day at Santa Anita 1937-05-22 Movie
	Jane	Ready, Willing and Able 1937-03-06 Movie
1936	Colleen Reilly	Colleen 1936-03-21 Movie
1935	June Blackburn	Shipmates Forever 1935-10-12 Movie
	Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne	Go Into Your Dance 1935-04-20 Movie
1934	Kathleen "Kit" Fitts	Flirtation Walk 1934-12-01 Movie
	Barbara Hemingway	Dames 1934-09-01 Movie
	Self	Studio Highlights 1934-08-01 Movie
	Herself	And She Learned About Dames 1934-03-27 Movie
1933	Bea Thorn	Footlight Parade 1933-10-21 Movie
	Polly Parker	Gold Diggers of 1933 1933-05-27 Movie
	Peggy Sawyer	42nd Street 1933-03-11 Movie
1930	Ruby Keeler	Show Girl in Hollywood 1930-04-20 Movie
	Self	Ruby Keeler Movie
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