Acting
Ruby Keeler
Aug 25, 1910 (died Feb 28, 1993, aged 82) Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
Known for
7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
Polly
6.9
42nd Street
Peggy
6.8
Footlight Parade
Bea
6.5
Dames
Barbara Hemingway
6.9
That's Dancing!
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
4.8
Hollywood Handicap
Herself
5.8
Flirtation Walk
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
3.6
The Phynx
Ruby Keeler
5.0
Beverly Hills Brats
Goldie
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.8
Show Girl in Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
5.4
Ready, Willing and Able
Jane
4.9
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
6.5
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
6.5
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007 · Self (archive footage)
4.9
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 · Self (archive footage)
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
5.0
Beverly Hills Brats
1989 · Goldie
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
6.9
That's Dancing!
1985 · From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
3.6
The Phynx
1970 · Ruby Keeler
5.8
Six Hits and a Miss
1942 · Herself
5.8
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941 · Betty Blake
4.8
Hollywood Handicap
1938 · Herself
6.0
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Kitty Carey
5.4
Ready, Willing and Able
1937 · Jane
6.0
A Day at Santa Anita
1937 · Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
5.8
Colleen
1936 · Colleen Reilly
7.2
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
6.6
Shipmates Forever
1935 · June Blackburn
6.5
Dames
1934 · Barbara Hemingway
5.8
Flirtation Walk
1934 · Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
7.0
And She Learned About Dames
1934 · Herself
7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Polly
6.9
42nd Street
1933 · Peggy
6.8
Footlight Parade
1933 · Bea
5.8
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930 · Ruby Keeler