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Ethel Ruby Keeler was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer most famous for her on-screen pairing 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 actor and singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s, but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971.
Birth Name
Ethel Hilda Keeler
Born
Wednesday, 25 August 1909
Died
Sunday, 28 February 1993
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Broadway: The American Musical | Peggy Sawyer | 2004 |
The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1994 |
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. | Self | 1991 |
Beverly Hills Brats | Goldie | 1989 |
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987 |
American Masters | Peggy Sawyer / Barbara Hemingway, aka Joan Grey | 1986 |
That's Dancing! | Archival footage from '42nd Street' and 'Dames' | 1985 |
Inside the Third Reich | Actress in film clip (edited from: Footlight Parade) | 1982 |
The 51st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1979 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Broadway: The American Musical | Peggy Sawyer | 2004 |
The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1994 |
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. | Self | 1991 |
Beverly Hills Brats | Goldie | 1989 |
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987 |
American Masters | Peggy Sawyer / Barbara Hemingway, aka Joan Grey | 1986 |
That's Dancing! | Archival footage from '42nd Street' and 'Dames' | 1985 |
Inside the Third Reich | Actress in film clip (edited from: Footlight Parade) | 1982 |
The 51st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1979 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
The Movie Crazy Years | Self | 1971 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
The Phynx | Ruby Keeler | 1970 |
The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
The Jerry Lewis Show | Self | 1963 |
The Greatest Show on Earth | Peggy Rusher | 1963 |
Vacation Playhouse | Ruby | 1963 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself / Herself - Guest | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself / Herself - Actress | 1961 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
The Jackie Gleason Show | Guest Dancer | 1952 |
The Ken Murray Show | Self / Dancer / Self - Actress | 1950 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Self - Audience Bow | 1948 |
Six Hits and a Miss | Self / Herself | 1942 |
Calling All Girls | Bea Thorn / Herself (archive footage) | 1942 |
Sweetheart of the Campus | Betty Blake | 1941 |
Mother Carey's Chickens | Katherine 'Kitty' Carey / Kitty Carey | 1938 |
Hollywood Handicap | Ruby Keeler / Herself | 1938 |
A Day at Santa Anita | Ruby Keeler | 1937 |
Ready, Willing and Able | Jane | 1937 |
Colleen | Colleen Reilly | 1936 |
Shipmates Forever | June Blackburn | 1935 |
Go Into Your Dance | Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne | 1935 |
Flirtation Walk | 'Kit' Fitts / Kathleen "Kit" Fitts | 1934 |
Dames | Barbara Hemingway / Barbara | 1934 |
And She Learned About Dames | Herself / Self | 1934 |
Footlight Parade | Bea Thorn | 1933 |
Gold Diggers of 1933 | Polly Parker | 1933 |
42nd Street | Peggy Sawyer | 1933 |
Show Girl in Hollywood | Ruby Keeler - Cameo Appearance at Premiere / Ruby Keeler | 1930 |