42nd Street
1933
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May 10, 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. She was 82 years old. The cause...
Mar 1, 1993 · March 1, 1993 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. 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...
Died Feb. 28, 1993 of cancer in Rancho Mirage, CA. R uby Keeler was the cherub-faced dancer who tapped her way to fame in the '20s and then five decades later managed it again. She was the...
Mar 1, 1993 · Feb 28, 1993 11:00pm PT. Legendary Keeler dies of cancer. By Richard Natale. Ruby Keeler, stage and screen actress whose name became inextricably linked with the Depression era musicals of...
Ruby Keeler was a Canadian actress, singer, and dancer who rose to fame in 1933 with a starring role in the movie musical '42nd Street'. She worked in numerous musicals with Dick Powell and in her heyday was claimed to be the world's fastest tap dancer. From 1928 for 12 years she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson.
