Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler was born in New York City, New York, United States on August 25th, 1910 and is the Stage Actress. At the age of 82, Ruby Keeler biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ethel Ruby Keeler (August 25, 1909-February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-born actress, dancer, and singer best known for her on-screen appearance with Dick Powell in a string of popular early musicals at Warner Brothers, especially 42nd Street (1933).
She was married to actor and singer Al Jolson from 1928 to 1940.
She dropped out of show business in the 1940s but made a big comeback on Broadway in 1971.
Early life
Keeler was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1909, to Ralph Hector and Nellie (née Lahey) Keeler, one of six siblings in an Irish Catholic family. Helen and Gertrude, two sisters, had brief careers in acting. Her father was a truck driver. Ruby's family moved to New York City when her father received more money. Although Keeler was keen on dancing lessons, the family was unable to afford to send her.
Keeler toured St. Catherine of Siena on New York's East Side, and a dance instructor taught all styles of dance each week. The teacher saw potential in Keeler and told her mother about Ruby's teaching lessons at her kindergarten. Despite her mother's inability to work with her, the teacher wanted to work with her so badly that she begged to come to class lessons on Saturdays that she accepted.
During the lessons, a girl informed her about chorus girls' auditions. The law required professional chorus girls to be at least 16 years old, but they were only 13, so they decided to lie about their age at audition. Many other talented girls were in attendance at a tap audition. Except for a wooden apron at the front, the stage was covered. Ruby's turn to dance had her own, so she asked the dance instructor, Julian Mitchell, if she could dance on the wooden part so that her taps could be understood. He didn't respond, so she went ahead, walked up to the front of the stage, and started her routine. "Who said you could dance up there?" the director said.She replied "I asked you!
"She worked in George M. Cohan's The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly (1923), in which she made $45 per week."Later life
Keeler appeared in The Greatest Show on Earth, Jack Palance's television series based on a older Charlton Heston circus film of the same name, and he made a brief appearance in the 1970 film The Phynx. Keeler appeared in the hit Broadway revival of the 1920s musical No. No. Nanette opposite Jack Gilford, Bobby Vann, Helen Gallagher, and Patsy Kelly in 1971. Busby Berkeley, Keeler's 42nd Street director, was adapted and directed by Burt Shevelove, and choreographed by Donald Saddler, who received the Tony Award for his musical staging. Keeler appeared in the musical for two seasons on Broadway and two more for two years as a tour guide. She became the National Stroke Association's spokeswoman after suffering a brain aneurysm in 1974.
A Golden Palm Beach Walk of Stars actress in 1992 was dedicated to her. At 6730 Hollywood Blvd, she is a celebrity on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from St. Bonaventure University in 1979.
Personal life
In 1940, Keel and Jolson adopted a son but then divorced in 1940. She married John Homer Lowe, a businessman, in 1941 and left show business the following year. Keeler and Lowe had four children. Lowe died in 1969.
Keeler had two nephews who also worked in film. Joey D. Vieira, also known as Donald Keeler, is best known for his role on television's Lassie, where he portrayed Sylvester "Porky" Brockway (renamed Jeff's Collie in syndicated reruns and DVDs from 1954 to 1957. On the 1960s TV series The Addams Family, Vieira's brother, Ken Weatherwax, appeared Pugsley Addams. John Lowe, Ruby's uncle, was involved in a number of productions, beginning with No. No. Nanette in 1970.
Keeler was a Catholic. Dwight Eisenhower's campaign was also endorsed by the Republican Party in 1952.
Keeler died of kidney cancer in Rancho Mirage, California, aged 83.
Early dance career
She was hired by Nils Granlund, the publicity manager for Loews Theaters, who also served as the stage producer for Texas Guinan, a speakeasy frequented by gangsters around 1923. Charles B. Dillingham, a Broadway actress who performed Bye, Bye, Bonnie (produced by L. Lawrence Weber), discovered her. She appeared in Lucky and Mamie in The Sidewalks of New York, which was also produced by Dillingham. Flo Ziegfeld, who gave her a bouquet of roses and a note that said, "May I make you a star," she said in the later show.
She appeared in Ziegfeld's Whoopee!
(before being replaced by Ethel Shutta) in 1928, the same year she married Al Jolson, she was waiting for the opening. The two met in Los Angeles (not at Texas Guinan's as he would claim), where Granlund had sent her to assist in the marketing efforts for The Jazz Singer. Jolson was captivated and immediately suggested. In a private ceremony in Port Chester, New York, the couple married on September 21, 1928. The two sailed the following morning for a brief honeymoon before they embarked on Whoopee! She was 19 years old at the time, and he was 42 years old.Darryl F. Zanuck played Keeler in the Warner Bros. musical 42nd Street opposite Dick Powell and Bebe Daniels in 1933. Busby Berkeley's lavish, innovative choreography made the film a huge success. Following 42nd Street, Jack L. Warner gave Keeler a long-term deal and cast her in 1933, Footlight Parade, Dames, and Colleen. In Go to Your Dance, Keeler and Jolson appeared together, which was their first film together. In Frank Tashlin's 1937 cartoon The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos. Last time together for the film Hold on Your Hats, Jolson and Keeler appeared on Broadway for the final time.