Ruby Keeler

Born: 1910-08-25

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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Gold Diggers of 1933

as Polly Parker
Released: 1933-05-27

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed...

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42nd Street

as Peggy Sawyer
Released: 1933-03-11

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has...

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Footlight Parade

as Bea Thorn
Released: 1933-10-21

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife...

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The Love Goddesses

as (archive footage)
Released: 1965-03-03

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the...

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Beverly Hills Brats

as Goldie
Released: 1989-10-06

A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.

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Show Girl in Hollywood

as Ruby Keeler
Released: 1930-04-20

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...

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Shipmates Forever

as June Blackburn
Released: 1935-10-12

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner....

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Dames

as Barbara Hemingway
Released: 1934-09-01

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

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Ready, Willing and Able

as Jane
Released: 1937-03-06

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star...

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Flirtation Walk

as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Released: 1934-12-01

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to...

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Go Into Your Dance

as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Released: 1935-04-20

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1975-08-06

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...

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Colleen

as Colleen Reilly
Released: 1936-03-21

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees

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A Day at Santa Anita

as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-22

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her...

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The Phynx

as Ruby Keeler
Released: 1970-03-06

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in...

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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2006-03-21

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

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That's Dancing!

as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Released: 1985-01-18

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the...

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Sweetheart of the Campus

as Betty Blake
Released: 1941-06-26

Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The...

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Hollywood Handicap

as Herself
Released: 1938-05-28

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They...

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Mother Carey's Chickens

as Kitty Carey
Released: 1938-07-29

A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.

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And She Learned About Dames

as Herself
Released: 1934-03-27

Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of...

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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2006-03-21

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.

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Six Hits and a Miss

as Herself
Released: 1942-10-24

A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Performer
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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