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Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Birthday: 1910-08-25 | Place of Birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1936
Colleen

as    Colleen Reilly

1935
Shipmates Forever

as    June Blackburn

1934
Dames

as    Barbara Hemingway

1934
Flirtation Walk

as    Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

1933
Footlight Parade

as    Bea Thorn

1933
42nd Street

as    Peggy Sawyer

1933
Gold Diggers of 1933

as    Polly Parker