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Ruby Keeler

Born: 1910-08-25

From: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

About: 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.​


Film credits:

42nd Street
Peggy
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Gold Diggers of 1933
Polly
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Footlight Parade
Bea Thorn
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Dames
Barbara Hemingway
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The Phynx
Ruby Keeler
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Hollywood Handicap
Herself
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Flirtation Walk
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
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Colleen
Colleen Reilly
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Ready, Willing and Able
Jane
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Shipmates Forever
June Blackburn
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Go Into Your Dance
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
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Mother Carey's Chickens
Kitty Carey
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
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Show Girl in Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
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Sweetheart of the Campus
Betty Blake
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
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Calling All Girls
Herself (archive footage)
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Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Self (archive footage)
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A Day at Santa Anita
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
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And She Learned About Dames
Herself
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Beverly Hills Brats
Goldie
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Six Hits and a Miss
Herself
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That's Dancing!
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
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Studio Highlights
Self
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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
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