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.
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 · 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...
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.
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...
Feb 28, 1993 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA. Born. August 25, 1909. Died. February 28, 1993. Cause of Death. Cancer. Biography. Read More. Former speakeasy dancer, chorine and Broadway lead who married musical star Al Jolson and moved with him to Hollywood, where she starred in some of the classic musicals of the 1930s.
Keeler, Ruby. ( b. 25 August 1909 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 28 February 1993 in Rancho Mirage, California), dancer and actress known for her starring roles on Broadway and in Warner Brothers musicals.
