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Ruby Keeler
Acting
Born: August 25, 1910
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
Known For

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)

42nd Street
as Peggy

Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self

Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn

Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie

Dames
as Barbara Hemingway

Colleen
as Colleen Reilly

That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey