Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 25, 1910
Place of Birth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also Known As
- Ethel Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler
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.
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Known For - Movies
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
42nd Street
as Peggy
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
