Actor profile

Ruby Keeler

25th August 1910 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Acting

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.

25 Movies 3 TV Shows 32 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood poster

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood 2nd January 2025 as Self (archive footage)

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star poster

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star 20th February 2007 as Self (archive footage)

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage poster

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage 21st March 2006 as Self (archive footage)

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound poster

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound 21st March 2006 as Self (archive footage)

Beverly Hills Brats poster

Beverly Hills Brats 6th October 1989 as Goldie

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 18th May 1987 as Self

That's Dancing! poster

That's Dancing! 18th January 1985 as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 6th August 1975 as Self (archive footage)

The Phynx poster

The Phynx 6th March 1970 as Ruby Keeler

Six Hits and a Miss poster

Six Hits and a Miss 24th October 1942 as Herself

Sweetheart of the Campus poster

Sweetheart of the Campus 26th June 1941 as Betty Blake

Mother Carey's Chickens poster

Mother Carey's Chickens 29th July 1938 as Kitty Carey

Hollywood Handicap poster

Hollywood Handicap 28th May 1938 as Herself

A Day at Santa Anita poster

A Day at Santa Anita 22nd May 1937 as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

Ready, Willing and Able poster

Ready, Willing and Able 6th March 1937 as Jane

Colleen poster

Colleen 21st March 1936 as Colleen Reilly

Shipmates Forever poster

Shipmates Forever 12th October 1935 as June Blackburn

Go Into Your Dance poster

Go Into Your Dance 20th April 1935 as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

Flirtation Walk poster

Flirtation Walk 1st December 1934 as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

Dames poster

Dames 1st September 1934 as Barbara Hemingway

And She Learned About Dames poster

And She Learned About Dames 27th March 1934 as Herself

Footlight Parade poster

Footlight Parade 21st October 1933 as Bea

Gold Diggers of 1933 poster

Gold Diggers of 1933 27th May 1933 as Polly

42nd Street poster

42nd Street 11th March 1933 as Peggy

Show Girl in Hollywood poster

Show Girl in Hollywood 20th April 1930 as Ruby Keeler

The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show 6th June 1968 as Self - Guest

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Performer

The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show 20th June 1948 as Self