Ruby Keeler
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Ruby
1963
Film
42nd Street
Peggy
1933
Film
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Film
Footlight Parade
Bea
1933
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Gold Diggers of 1933
Polly
1933
Film
That's Dancing!
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1985
Film
Ready, Willing and Able
Jane
1937
Film
Dames
Barbara Hemingway
1934
Film
Show Girl in Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
1930
Film
Go Into Your Dance
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935
Film
A Day at Santa Anita
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937
Film
Flirtation Walk
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934
Film
Mother Carey's Chickens
Kitty Carey
1938
Film
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
1934
Studio Highlights
Self
1934
Film
The Phynx
Ruby Keeler
1970
Film
Sweetheart of the Campus
Betty Blake
1941
Film
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Hollywood Handicap
Herself
1938
Film
Colleen
Colleen Reilly
1936
Film
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Shipmates Forever
June Blackburn
1935
Film
Beverly Hills Brats
Goldie
1989
Film
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Six Hits and a Miss
Herself
1942
Calling All Girls
Herself (archive footage)
1942