Ruby Keeler
Ethel Ruby Keeler (August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer most famous for her on-screen pairing with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, 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 in 1971.
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| Full name at birth | Ethel Hilda Keeler
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| Claim to fame | 42nd Street (1933)
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| Date of birth | 25 August 1909
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| Place of birth | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Date of death | 28 February 1993
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| Age | 83 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Rancho Mirage, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Cancer
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| Resting place | Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, Orange, California, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actress, Dancer And Singer
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- She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6730 Hollywood Blvd.
- Sister of Gertrude Keeler and Helen Keeler.
- Aunt of Joey D. Vieira.
- Famous Broadway columnist Mark Hellinger, later to become a movie producer, accompanied Ruby and Al Jolson on their honeymoon, to chronicle the event for the "NY Daily News".
- When 40-year-old Al Jolson, her future husband, first met her at Texas Guinan's El Fey Club in New York City one night in 1926, she was a 16-year-old dancer in the chorus line. He married her two years later, when she was 18.
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