
Ruby Keeler
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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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Footlight Parade (1933)
as Bea

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self (archive footage)

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Polly
Studio Highlights (1934)
as Self

That's Dancing! (1985)
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

The Phynx (1970)
as Ruby Keeler

42nd Street (1933)
as Peggy

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
as Ruby Keeler

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)

Dames (1934)
as Barbara Hemingway

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

Flirtation Walk (1934)
as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Goldie

Hollywood Handicap (1938)
as Herself

A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star (2007)
as Self (archive footage)

And She Learned About Dames (1934)
as Herself

Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
as Jane

Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
as Kitty Carey

Colleen (1936)
as Colleen Reilly

Shipmates Forever (1935)
as June Blackburn

Six Hits and a Miss (1942)
as Herself

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
as Betty Blake
Calling All Girls (1942)
as Herself (archive footage)




