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Ruby Keeler
Acting
25 Aug 1910
† 28 Feb 1993
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 un...
Also Known As
Ethel Ruby Keeler
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Ruby Keeler's Movies
69%
42nd Street
11 Mar 1933
72%
Gold Diggers of 1933
27 May 1933
68%
Footlight Parade
21 Oct 1933
65%
Dames
01 Sept 1934
70%
That's Dancing!
18 Jan 1985
56%
Flirtation Walk
01 Dec 1934
45%
Hollywood Handicap
28 May 1938
50%
Beverly Hills Brats
06 Oct 1989
32%
The Phynx
06 Mar 1970
54%
Show Girl in Hollywood
20 Apr 1930
49%
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
21 Mar 2006
61%
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
06 Aug 1975
51%
Ready, Willing and Able
06 Mar 1937
57%
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
18 May 1987
52%
Mother Carey's Chickens
29 Jul 1938
65%
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
02 Jan 2025
65%
Shipmates Forever
12 Oct 1935
68%
Go Into Your Dance
20 Apr 1935
53%
Colleen
21 Mar 1936
50%
Sweetheart of the Campus
26 Jun 1941
