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Ruby Keeler is a Actor Canadienne born on 25 august 1910 at New York City (USA)

Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler
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Birth name Ethel Hilda Keeler
Nationality Canada
Birth 25 august 1910 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 february 1993 (at 82 years) at Rancho Mirage (USA)

Ruby Keeler (born Ethel Hilda Keeler; August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer 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 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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Best films

Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
(1933)
(Actress) 42nd Street
42nd Street
(1933)
(Actress)

Usually with

Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley
(7 films)
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
(11 films)
Leo F. Forbstein
Leo F. Forbstein
(8 films)
Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(7 films)
Robert Lord
Robert Lord
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ruby Keeler (18 films)

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Actress

Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen, Burt Young, Terry Moore, Fernando Allende, George Kirby
Roles Goldie
Rating38% 1.9025651.9025651.9025651.9025651.902565
Scooter (Billingsley) is a teen from a wealthy Beverly Hills family. After his plastic surgeon father (Sheen) remarries, Scooter is virtually ignored by his father and stepmother (Moore), and treated badly by his two other spoiled siblings, Sterling (Ramon Estevez) and Tiffany (Cathy Podewell). Scooter devises a plan to fake his own kidnapping to get his parents' attention and enlists the help of two bumbling crooks, Clive (Young) and Elmo (Kirby). After Scooter is "kidnapped" and a ransom is demanded, he quickly realizes that his plan failed to work and his parents don't miss him.
Sweetheart of the Campus
Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
, 1h10
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Gordon Oliver, Don Beddoe, Charles Judels
Roles Betty Blake
Rating54% 2.7193552.7193552.7193552.7193552.719355
Betty Blake (Ruby Keeler) is a lead vocalist for Ozzie Norton's (Ozzie Nelson) orchestra. While performing a one-night stand at a college campus, Betty vows to prevent a hostile takeover of the establishment by puritanical trustee Minnie Sparr (Kathleen Howard). To this end, Betty, Ozzie and his entire band enroll as college students.
Mother Carey's Chickens
Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
, 1h22
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter, Walter Brennan, Donnie Dunagan
Roles Kitty Carey
Rating62% 3.142963.142963.142963.142963.14296
Mr. Carey (Ralph Morgan), a captain in the United States Navy, dies during the Spanish–American War. His wife Margaret, daughters Nancy and Kitty and sons Gilbert and Peter are left behind. They are now on their own with only Capt. Carey's pension for income. The family moves into a series of ever-smaller rented houses while Mrs. Carey works in a textile mill. When she is injured, they lease a broken down mansion for a year at a nominal fee, and invest the captain's small life insurance payment to fix it up into a boarding house. Both daughters fall in love, Kitty with a local teacher and Nancy with Tom Hamilton (Frank Albertson), the son of the absentee owner.
Colleen
Colleen (1936)
, 1h29
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda
Roles Colleen Reilly
Rating59% 2.9517452.9517452.9517452.9517452.951745
Colleen is the manager of a dress shop named "The Ames Company", owned by Donald Ames. They try to keep Uncle Cedric from working, because he'll ruin the company. Troubles start when he hires schemer Joe as his personal assistant. He later also hires Minnie, a woman who has a great passion for fashion. When he buys the dress shop for Minnie where Colleen works as a bookkeeper, a scandal is soon followed. Donald decides to shut the shop, but is stopped because of his infatuation towards Colleen. It is Colleen who eventually makes a profit out of the things that happened. Meanwhile, a man named Cedric tries to adopt Minnie. Minnie refuses and thereby causes a scandal. This angers Alicia, but the press can't get enough of it. Donald loses Colleen's affection and thus is sued by Joe.
Shipmates Forever
Shipmates Forever (1935)
, 1h48
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Bess Flowers, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, Eddie Acuff
Roles June Blackburn
Rating60% 3.001663.001663.001663.001663.00166
Dick Melville (Powell) and June Blackburn (Keeler) meet during a naval review in New York Harbor. Though both come from Navy families, Dick aspires for a singing career and June, her father and brother both having been killed in the war, has vowed never to marry a Navy man. Admiral Melville (Stone), Dick's father, is the new superintendent of the Naval Academy and his dearest wish is that his son follow in his footsteps as a naval officer. He maneuvers Dick into enrolling as a midshipman by accusing him of being afraid of failing the entrance exams.
Go Into Your Dance
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
, 1h29
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Robert Florey, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Glenda Farrell, Helen Morgan, Barton MacLane, Patsy Kelly
Roles Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
Rating61% 3.050183.050183.050183.050183.05018
Broadway star Al Howard’s (Al Jolson) business is slow, and no producers are taking part in his business. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants, causing shows to close and producers to lose money.
Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk (1934)
, 1h37
Directed by Frank Borzage, Bobby Connelly
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien, Henry O'Neill, John Arledge, Ross Alexander
Roles Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
Rating56% 2.8035652.8035652.8035652.8035652.803565
Richard Palmer Grant Dorcy, known as "Canary," (Powell) is an enlisted man in the United States Army. Stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, he has an friendly but argumentative relationship with his sergeant, Scrapper Thornhill (Pat O'Brien). Although he hates taking orders, Dick has no intention of becoming an officer. When General Fitts (Henry O'Neill) arrives at the base with his daughter Kit (Keeler), Dick is assigned to drive her to the reception that evening. Falling victim to the moonlit night, Kit and Dick miss the reception and attend a native luau instead. They are discovered in each other's arms by Lieutenant Biddle (John Eldredge), who is also in love with Kit. Biddle blames Dick for ruining Kit's reputation and Dick decides to desert. Scrapper begs Kit to straighten things out with Biddle.
Dames
Dames (1934)
, 1h31
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Jean Rogers, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts
Roles Barbara Hemingway
Rating69% 3.493083.493083.493083.493083.49308
Eccentric multimillionaire Ezra Ounce (Hugh Herbert), whose main purpose in life is raising American morals through a nationwide campaign, wants to be assured that his fortune will be inherited by upstanding relatives, so he visits his cousin, Matilda Hemingway (ZaSu Pitts) in New York City, in Horace's view the center of immorality in America. What Ounce finds most offensive are musical comedy shows and the people who put them on, and it just so happens that Matilda's daughter, Barbara (Ruby Keeler), is a dancer and singer in love with a struggling singer and songwriter, her 13th cousin, Jimmy Higgens (Dick Powell). On Ezra's instructions, Jimmy the "black sheep" has been ostracized by the family, on pain of not receiving their inheritance.
42nd Street
42nd Street (1933)
, 1h29
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, Ruby Keeler, George Brent, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers
Roles Peggy Sawyer
Rating72% 3.6463853.6463853.6463853.6463853.646385
It is 1932, the depth of the Depression, and noted Broadway producers Jones (Robert McWade) and Barry (Ned Sparks) are putting on Pretty Lady, a musical starring Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels). She is involved with wealthy Abner Dillon (Guy Kibbee), the show's "angel" (financial backer), but while she is busy keeping him both hooked and at arm's length, she is secretly seeing her old vaudeville partner, out-of-work Pat Denning (George Brent).