Ruby Keeler
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1910-08-25 – 1993-02-28
Place of birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.​
Known for
42nd Street
1933Peggy
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933Polly
Footlight Parade
1933Bea Thorn
Dames
1934Barbara Hemingway
The Phynx
1970Ruby Keeler
Hollywood Handicap
1938Herself
Flirtation Walk
1934Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Colleen
1936Colleen Reilly
Ready, Willing and Able
1937Jane
Shipmates Forever
1935June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
1935Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938Kitty Carey
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006Self (archive footage)
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930Ruby Keeler
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941Betty Blake
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006Self (archive footage)Calling All Girls
1942Herself (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007Self (archive footage)
A Day at Santa Anita
1937Ruby Keeler (uncredited)