Ruby Keeler
Known for 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.
Filmography
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Polly
That's Dancing!
1985
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
The Phynx
1970
as Ruby Keeler
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
42nd Street
1933
as Peggy
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Dames
1934
as Barbara Hemingway
Footlight Parade
1933
as Bea Thorn
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Goldie
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Ruby Keeler
Colleen
1936
as Colleen Reilly
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Shipmates Forever
1935
as June Blackburn
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Hollywood Handicap
1938
as Herself
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as Jane
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)