Acting credits
28
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Ruby Keeler
Acting
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Movies: 25Series: 3
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: 6.82
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.
6.5
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
2007 Movie
4.9
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Movie
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Movie
5.0
Beverly Hills Brats
as Goldie
1989 Movie
5.7
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987 Movie
7.0
That's Dancing!
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
1985 Movie
6.1
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975 Movie
3.2
The Phynx
as Ruby Keeler
1970 Movie
5.0
Six Hits and a Miss
as Herself
1942 Movie
5.0
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Betty Blake
1941 Movie
5.2
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Kitty Carey
1938 Movie
4.5
Hollywood Handicap
as Herself
1938 Movie
5.0
A Day at Santa Anita
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
1937 Movie
5.1
Ready, Willing and Able
as Jane
1937 Movie
5.3
Colleen
as Colleen Reilly
1936 Movie
6.5
Shipmates Forever
as June Blackburn
1935 Movie
6.8
Go Into Your Dance
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
1935 Movie
5.6
Flirtation Walk
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
1934 Movie
6.4
Dames
as Barbara Hemingway
1934 Movie
6.0
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
1934 Movie
6.8
Footlight Parade
as Bea Thorn
1933 Movie
7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Polly
1933 Movie
6.9
42nd Street
as Peggy
1933 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruby Keeler.
