Person

Ruby Keeler

Acting · 1910–1993 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Keeler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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  Tony Awards

  Self - Performer

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  The Dick Cavett Show

  Self - Guest

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  The Ed Sullivan Show

  Self

• Vacation Playhouse

  Ruby

• The Greatest Show on Earth

  1963

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  Footlight Parade

  Bea

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  That's Dancing!

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

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  42nd Street

  Peggy

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  100 Years at the Movies

  Self (archive footage)

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  Gold Diggers of 1933

  Polly

• 2025Gene Kelly - An American in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
• 2007Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a StarSelf (archive footage)
• 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to StageSelf (archive footage)
• 2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway BoundSelf (archive footage)
• 1994100 Years at the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
• 1989Beverly Hills BratsGoldie
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
• 1985That's Dancing!From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)
• 1970The PhynxRuby Keeler
• 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
• 1963The Greatest Show on Earth
• 1963Vacation PlayhouseRuby
• 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
• 1942Six Hits and a MissHerself
• 1942Calling All GirlsHerself (archive footage)
• 1941Sweetheart of the CampusBetty Blake
• 1938Mother Carey's ChickensKitty Carey
• 1938Hollywood HandicapHerself
• 1937A Day at Santa AnitaRuby Keeler (uncredited)
• 1937Ready, Willing and AbleJane
• 1936ColleenColleen Reilly
• 1935Shipmates ForeverJune Blackburn
• 1935Go Into Your DanceDorothy 'Dot' Wayne
• 1934Flirtation WalkKathleen "Kit" Fitts
• 1934DamesBarbara Hemingway
• 1934Studio HighlightsSelf
• 1934And She Learned About DamesHerself
• 1933Footlight ParadeBea
• 1933Gold Diggers of 1933Polly
• 193342nd StreetPeggy
• 1930Show Girl in HollywoodRuby Keeler