Ruby Keeler

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

32

Gender

Female

Birthday

1910-08-25

Day of death

1993-02-28 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.​

Known For

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Vacation Playhouse

    Vacation Playhouse

  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

  • Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

    Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

    Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

  • A Day at Santa Anita

    A Day at Santa Anita

  • Go Into Your Dance

    Go Into Your Dance

  • The Phynx

    The Phynx

  • 42nd Street

    42nd Street

  • Colleen

    Colleen

  • Flirtation Walk

    Flirtation Walk

  • Sweetheart of the Campus

    Sweetheart of the Campus

  • Hollywood Handicap

    Hollywood Handicap

  • That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

  • Mother Carey's Chickens

    Mother Carey's Chickens

  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

  • Beverly Hills Brats

    Beverly Hills Brats

  • Gold Diggers of 1933

    Gold Diggers of 1933

  • Shipmates Forever

    Shipmates Forever

  • Ready, Willing and Able

    Ready, Willing and Able

  • Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade

  • Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

    Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

  • Dames

    Dames

  • Show Girl in Hollywood

    Show Girl in Hollywood

  • And She Learned About Dames

    And She Learned About Dames

  • Calling All Girls

    Calling All Girls

  • 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

  • Studio Highlights

    Studio Highlights

  • Six Hits and a Miss

    Six Hits and a Miss