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Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Actor Aug 25 (died age 82) Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 1930–2025 (95 year career)
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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…

Known For

42nd Street
Film

42nd Street

Peggy
Gold Diggers of 1933
Film

Gold Diggers of 1933

Polly
Footlight Parade
Film

Footlight Parade

Bea Thorn
Dames
Film

Dames

Barbara Hemingway
That's Dancing!
Film

That's Dancing!

From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Flirtation Walk
Film

Flirtation Walk

Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)
Show Girl in Hollywood
Film

Show Girl in Hollywood

Ruby Keeler

Filmography

Acting (32)

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