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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
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
