Acting credits
29
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Ruby Keeler
Acting
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Movies: 25Series: 4
TMDB ID: 30001
IMDb ID: nm0444528
Known for: Acting
Born: August 25, 1910
Died: February 28, 1993
Age: 82
Place of birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1930 - 2025
Years active: 96
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q272092
Also known as
Ethel Ruby Keeler
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ruby Keeler.
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 • Movie
as Goldie
Beverly Hills Brats
1989 • Movie
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • Movie
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Movie
as Ruby Keeler
The Phynx
1970 • Movie
as Herself
Six Hits and a Miss
1942 • Movie
as Betty Blake
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941 • Movie
as Kitty Carey
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938 • Movie
as Herself
Hollywood Handicap
1938 • Movie
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
A Day at Santa Anita
1937 • Movie
as Jane
Ready, Willing and Able
1937 • Movie
as Colleen Reilly
Colleen
1936 • Movie
as June Blackburn
Shipmates Forever
1935 • Movie
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Go Into Your Dance
1935 • Movie
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Flirtation Walk
1934 • Movie
as Barbara Hemingway
Dames
1934 • Movie
as Herself
And She Learned About Dames
1934 • Movie
as Bea
Footlight Parade
1933 • Movie
as Polly
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 • Movie
as Peggy
42nd Street
1933 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruby Keeler.
