
Ruby Keeler
Acting
Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 β 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.β
Known for
2025Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2007Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Self (archive footage)
200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
1989Beverly Hills Brats
Goldie
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1985That's Dancing!
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1970The Phynx
Ruby Keeler
1942Six Hits and a Miss
Herself
1941Sweetheart of the Campus
Betty Blake
1938Hollywood Handicap
Herself
1938Mother Carey's Chickens
Kitty Carey
1937Ready, Willing and Able
Jane
1937A Day at Santa Anita
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1936Colleen
Colleen Reilly
1935Shipmates Forever
June Blackburn
1935Go Into Your Dance
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1934Dames
Barbara Hemingway
1934Flirtation Walk
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934And She Learned About Dames
Herself
193342nd Street
Peggy
1933Gold Diggers of 1933
Polly
1933Footlight Parade
Bea Thorn