Ruby Keeler
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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Acting
Movie
42nd Street
as Peggy
1933
Movie
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
1933
Movie
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
1933
Movie
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
1934
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Movie
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1985
Movie
Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934
Movie
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
1938
Movie
Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
1989
Movie
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
1970
Movie
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Ruby Keeler
1930
Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Movie
Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
1937
Movie
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Movie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
Movie
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
1938
Movie
Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
1935
Movie
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935
Movie
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Movie
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
1936
Movie
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
1941
Movie
Six Hits and a Miss
as Herself
1942
Movie
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006