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Ruby Keeler
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…
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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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2025
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1989
Beverly Hills Brats
Movie Goldie
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1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie Self
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1985
That's Dancing!
Movie From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1970
The Phynx
Movie Ruby Keeler
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV show
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1963
Vacation Playhouse
TV show Ruby
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1956
Tony Awards
TV show Self - Performer
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1942
Six Hits and a Miss
Movie Herself
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1942
Calling All Girls
Movie Herself (archive footage)
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1941
Sweetheart of the Campus
Movie Betty Blake
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1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
Movie Kitty Carey
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1938
Hollywood Handicap
Movie Herself
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1937
A Day at Santa Anita
Movie Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
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1937
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie Jane
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1936
Colleen
Movie Colleen Reilly
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1935
Shipmates Forever
Movie June Blackburn
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1935
Go Into Your Dance
Movie Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
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1934
Flirtation Walk
Movie Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
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1934
Dames
Movie Barbara Hemingway
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1934
Studio Highlights
Movie Self
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1934
And She Learned About Dames
Movie Herself
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1933
Footlight Parade
Movie Bea
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1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Movie Polly
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1933
42nd Street
Movie Peggy
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1930
Show Girl in Hollywood
Movie Ruby Keeler
