Ruby Keeler
American actress, dancer, and singer (1910-1993) · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1909 to 1993 · aged 83
Ethel Ruby Keeler was a Canadian and American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to actor and singer Al Jolson.
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Beverly Hills BratsFilm, Goldie1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilm1985
That's Dancing!Film, From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)1972Hasty Pudding Woman of the YearAward1970
The PhynxFilm, Ruby Keeler1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1963The Greatest Show on EarthSeriesVacation PlayhouseSeries, 1963Ruby1956
Tony AwardsSeries1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1942Calling All GirlsFilm, Herself (archive footage)1941
Sweetheart of the CampusFilm, Betty Blake1938
Hollywood HandicapFilm, Herself1936
ColleenFilm, Colleen Reilly1935
Go Into Your DanceFilm, Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne1934
And She Learned About DamesFilm, Herself1930
Show Girl in HollywoodFilm, Ruby Keeler1928Ruby KeelerFilm1909Born25 August 1909People around Ruby
Dick Powell Also in Gold Diggers of 1933 and Flirtation Walk
Busby Berkeley Directed Gold Diggers of 1933 and Dames- Robert Lord Produced Footlight Parade and Flirtation Walk
Joan Blondell Also in Footlight Parade, Dames and The Phynx
Ray Enright Directed Dames and Ready, Willing, and Able
Frank Borzage Directed Flirtation Walk and Shipmates Forever
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Jack L. Warner Produced Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Lloyd Bacon Directed 42nd Street and Footlight Parade
Ross Alexander Also in Shipmates Forever (1935)
Guy Kibbee Also in 42nd Street and Footlight Parade
Harry Warren Wrote 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933
Jane Wyman Also in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)- Delmer Daves Wrote Flirtation Walk and Shipmates Forever
Louise Fazenda Also in Ready, Willing, and Able and Colleen
Dorothy Lamour Also in Footlight Parade and The Phynx
Hal B. Wallis Produced Dames (1934)
Archie Mayo Directed Go Into Your Dance (1935)
George Irving Also in 42nd Street and Mother Carey's Chickens
Allen Jenkins Also in Ready, Willing, and Able and 42nd Street
Herman Bing Also in Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
Hugh Herbert Also in Dames and Footlight Parade
Heinz Eric Roemheld Wrote Dames and Colleen
Barnett Parker Also in Ready, Willing, and Able (1937)
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Gold Diggers of 1933 1933
42nd Street 1933
Footlight Parade 1933
Also in Deutsch
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She retired from show business in the 1940s, but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway starring in the revival of the 1920s musical No, No, Nanette in 1971.
