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

• 1989Beverly Hills Brats — Goldie
• 1985That's Dancing! — From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
• 1970The Phynx — Ruby Keeler
• The Greatest Show on Earth
• Vacation Playhouse — Ruby
• 1941Sweetheart of the Campus — Betty Blake
• 1938Mother Carey's Chickens — Kitty Carey
• 1937A Day at Santa Anita — Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
• 1937Ready, Willing and Able — Jane
• 1936Colleen — Colleen Reilly
• 1935Go Into Your Dance — Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
• 1935Shipmates Forever — June Blackburn
• 1934Dames — Barbara Hemingway
• 1934Flirtation Walk — Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
• 193342nd Street — Peggy
• 1933Footlight Parade — Bea
• 1933Gold Diggers of 1933 — Polly
• 1930Show Girl in Hollywood — Ruby Keeler

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2025Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star — Self (archive footage)
• 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound — Self (archive footage)
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1942Calling All Girls — Herself (archive footage)
• 1942Six Hits and a Miss — Herself
• 1938Hollywood Handicap — Herself
• 1934And She Learned About Dames — Herself
• 1934Studio Highlights — Self