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Ethel Ruby Keeler [1] (August 25, 1909 [1] – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly 42nd Street (1933).
Ruby Keeler. Actress: 42nd Street. 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.
Ruby Keeler. Actress: 42nd Street. 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.
Aug 21, 2024 · Ruby Keeler was a Canadian-born American actor and dancer who starred as a fresh-faced ingenue who would triumphantly emerge from the chorus line to replace an ailing or temperamental star in a string of lavish, formulaic Depression-era film musicals remembered for the colossal kaleidoscopic dance.
Ruby Keeler, a name that twinkles with the same brightness as the Hollywood Golden Age she epitomized, graced the silver screen with her sprightly tap dancing and earnest charm. Her journey from a modest beginning to becoming a silver screen icon is a dance through the glamorous and tumultuous world of early Hollywood.
Mar 1, 1993 · Ruby Keeler, the innocent-faced tap-dancing sweetheart of nine Warner Brothers musicals in the 1930's, died yesterday morning at her home in Palm Springs, Calif....
Mar 1, 1993 · Ruby Keeler, the cherub-faced dancer who tapped her way to fame in the ‘20s and then five decades later managed it again, died Sunday. She died at her home in Rancho Mirage near Palm Springs of...
Mar 1, 1993 · Ruby Keeler, stage and screen actress whose name became inextricably linked with the Depression era musicals of choreographer/director Busby Berkeley, died yesterday of cancer at her home...
Aug 3, 2012 · When I interviewed Ruby Keeler for The New York Times in 1971, she admitted she was worried that Broadway audiences might not say “Yes, Yes, Ruby” to her comeback in “No, No, Nanette.” As it turned out, she had absolutely nothing to worry about.
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Feb 28, 1993 · RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Ruby Keeler, who tap-danced her way to fame on Broadway as a teen-ager in the 1920s and became the queen of dozens of movie musicals during the 1930s, died Sunday at her...