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Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

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

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025 • Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007 • Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 • Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 • Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats
1989 • Goldie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • Self
That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
1985 • From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Self (archive footage)

Full filmography

That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
1985 • From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Self (archive footage)
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The Phynx
The Phynx
1970 • Ruby Keeler
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Calling All Girls
1942 • Herself (archive footage)
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A Day at Santa Anita
A Day at Santa Anita
1937 • Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
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Colleen
Colleen
1936 • Colleen Reilly
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Shipmates Forever
Shipmates Forever
1935 • June Blackburn
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Go Into Your Dance
Go Into Your Dance
1935 • Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
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Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk
1934 • Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
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Dames
Dames
1934 • Barbara Hemingway
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Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade
1933 • Bea Thorn
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42nd Street
42nd Street
1933 • Peggy
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