Ruby Keeler (1909–1993)

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Ruby Keeler started as a dancer on Broadway. After her marriage to Al Jolson she moved to Hollywood and become a star in Warners musicals opposite Dick Powell. After her divorce from Jolson she retired for almost 30 years, until she appeared in "No No Nanette" on Broadway in 1971 under the direction of Busby Berkeley. See full bio »

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Sweetheart of the Campus
Sweetheart of the Campus Betty Blake
(1941)
42nd Street
42nd Street Peggy Sawyer
(1933)
Shipmates Forever
Shipmates Forever June Blackburn
(1935)
Dames
Dames Barbara Hemingway
(1934)
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 2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Dames" - uncredited)
 2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Dames" - uncredited)
 2001 The Wedding Planner (performer: "Mr. and Mrs. Is The Name")
 1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Forty-Second Street", "Shanghai Lil", "Pettin' in the Park", "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited)
 1990 Pee-wee's Playhouse (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Something to Do (1990) ... (performer: "By A Waterfall")
 1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary) (performer: "42nd Street", "The Shadow Waltz", "I Only Have Eyes For You")
 1976 Virgins in Heat (performer: "Forty-Second Street" - uncredited)
 1973 RCA's Opening Night (TV Special) (performer: "Forty-Second Street" - uncredited)
 1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (performer: "I Want to Be Happy")
 1965 The Love Goddesses (Documentary) (performer: "Pettin' in the Park" - uncredited)
 1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Fabulous Musicals (1963) ... (performer: "Forty-Second Street" - uncredited)
 1942 Six Hits and a Miss (Short) (performer: "You Gotta Know How to Dance")
 1942 Calling All Girls (Short) (performer: "Shanghai Lil")
 1941 Sweetheart of the Campus (performer: "Tap Happy")
 1937 Ready, Willing and Able ("Just a Quiet Evening" (1937), uncredited) / (performer: "Too Marvelous for Words" (1937), "Handy with Your Feet" (1937) - uncredited)
 1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936) - uncredited) / (performer: "An Evening with You" (1936), "I Don't Have to Dream Again" (1936), "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936) - uncredited)
 1935 Shipmates Forever (performer: "Don't Give Up the Ship", "I'd Love to Take Orders from You" - uncredited)
 1935 Go Into Your Dance (performer: "A Good Old Fashioned Cocktail (With a Good Old Fashioned Gal)" (1935), "About a Quarter to Nine" (1935), "Ruby" (1935), "Pimiento" (1935), "She's a Latin from Manhattan" (1935) - uncredited)
 1934 Flirtation Walk (performer: "Flirtation Walk" (1934), "Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name" (1934) - uncredited)
 1934 Dames ("I Only Have Eyes for You" (1934), uncredited) / (performer: "Dames" (1934) - uncredited)
 1933 Footlight Parade (performer: "Shanghai Lil" (1933), "By a Waterfall" (1933), "Sittin' on a Back Yard Fence" (1933), "Honeymoon Hotel" (1933) - uncredited)
 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 (performer: "Shadow Waltz" (1933), "Pettin' in the Park" (1933) - uncredited)
 1933 42nd Street (performer: "Forty-Second Street" (1932), "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" (1932) - uncredited)
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Stage Play: Show Girl. Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Material by William Anthony McGuire. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. Based the novel by J.P. McEvoy. Musical Director: William Daly. Additional lyrics by Thomas Malie, Sidney Skolsky, W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Additional music by W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. ... See more »

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2 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 3 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

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5' 2" (1.57 m)
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[on why she was not portrayed in 'The Jolson Story'] I don't like him. I don't want my children to grow up someday and maybe see the picture and know I was married to a man like that. See more »

Trivia:

Keeler, who was Catholic of mostly Irish descent and husband Al Jolson, who was Jewish, could not conceive a child, so they adopted a baby boy who was half-Irish and half-Jewish. After she divorced Jolson, she had four children with her second husband. Her adopted son, Al Jolson Jr., was a contented member of her new family. He later changed his name to Peter. See more »

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