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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1910-08-25 (114 years old)

Place of Birth

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

Acting

2025

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2007

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star as Self (archive footage)

2006

1989

1987

1985

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

1975

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

1970

The Phynx as Ruby Keeler

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1963

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1948

1942

Calling All Girls as Herself (archive footage)

1941

1938

1937

A Day at Santa Anita as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

1936

Colleen as Colleen Reilly

1935

Shipmates Forever as June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

1934

Dames as Barbara Hemingway
Flirtation Walk as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

1933

42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer
Gold Diggers of 1933 as Polly Parker
Footlight Parade as Bea Thorn

1930

Show Girl in Hollywood as Ruby Keeler