Ruby Keeler
Born
August 25, 1910
Died
February 28, 1993 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Self (archive footage)
2007
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
2006
Beverly Hills Brats
Goldie
1989
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
That's Dancing!
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1985
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Phynx
Ruby Keeler
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
The Greatest Show on Earth
(1 episode)
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Ruby · (1 episode)
1963
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · (1 episode)
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
Six Hits and a Miss
Herself
1942
Calling All Girls
Herself (archive footage)
1942
Sweetheart of the Campus
Betty Blake
1941
Mother Carey's Chickens
Kitty Carey
1938
Hollywood Handicap
Herself
1938
A Day at Santa Anita
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937
Ready, Willing and Able
Jane
1937
Colleen
Colleen Reilly
1936
Shipmates Forever
June Blackburn
1935
Go Into Your Dance
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935
Flirtation Walk
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934
Dames
Barbara Hemingway
1934
Studio Highlights
Self
1934
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
1934
Footlight Parade
Bea Thorn
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Polly Parker
1933
42nd Street
Peggy Sawyer
1933
Show Girl in Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
1930