
Ruby Keeler
Actress
Born: August 25, 1910 (82 years old)
Died: February 28, 1993
Place of birth: 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 under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (16)
- 42nd Street (1933, ★ 6.9)
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933, ★ 7.2)
- Footlight Parade (1933, ★ 6.8)
- Dames (1934, ★ 6.5)
- That's Dancing! (1985, ★ 7)
- Flirtation Walk (1934, ★ 5.6)
- Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025, ★ 6.5)
- Hollywood Handicap (1938, ★ 4.5)
- Ready, Willing and Able (1937, ★ 5.1)
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938, ★ 5.2)
- Show Girl in Hollywood (1930, ★ 5.4)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975, ★ 6.1)
- Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006, ★ 4.9)
- Beverly Hills Brats (1989, ★ 5)
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987, ★ 5.7)
- The Phynx (1970, ★ 3.2)