Portrait of Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Acting

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.​

Born: August 25, 1910

Place of Birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Filmography

2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

as Self (archive footage)

2006
1989
1985
That's Dancing!

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

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1970
The Phynx

as Ruby Keeler

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

1942
1941
1938
1938
1937
A Day at Santa Anita

as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

1936
Colleen

as Colleen Reilly

1935
Shipmates Forever

as June Blackburn

1935
Go Into Your Dance

as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

1934
Flirtation Walk

as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

1934
Dames

as Barbara Hemingway

1933
Footlight Parade

as Bea Thorn

1933
42nd Street

as Peggy

1930