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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Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Goldie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
That's Dancing!
1985
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Phynx
1970
as Ruby Keeler
Six Hits and a Miss
1942
as Herself
- No poster
Calling All Girls
1942
as Herself (archive footage)
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941
as Betty Blake
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
as Kitty Carey
Hollywood Handicap
1938
as Herself
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as Jane
Colleen
1936
as Colleen Reilly
Shipmates Forever
1935
as June Blackburn
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Dames
1934
as Barbara Hemingway
- No poster
Studio Highlights
1934
as Self
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Herself
Footlight Parade
1933
as Bea