Dancer

Ruby Keeler

American actress, dancer, and singer (1910-1993)

Born 1909 · HalifaxDied 1993CanadaUnited States
Ruby Keeler
Image: Scotty Welbourne (1907-1979) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Ruby Keeler was a Canadian dancer, born in 1909 in Halifax, who died in 1993.

Biography

Ethel Ruby Keeler (August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian and 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). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to actor and singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s, but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway starring in the revival of the 1920s musical No, No, Nanette in 1971.

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Contemporaries

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Inga Andersen

Argentine-Canadian singer and dancer

1909–1959
June Havoc

June Havoc

American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist

1912–2010
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Marguerite Charlotte Lavoie

Canadian professional dancer (1912–2005)

1912–2005

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