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Ruby Keeler

1909 - 1993

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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 in 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruby Keeler is the 7,816th most popular actor (up from 8,192nd in 2019), the 715th most popular biography from Canada (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 206th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ruby Keeler ranks 7,816 out of 13,578Before her are Bonita Granville, May Allison, Jing Tian, Lillian Randolph, Anupam Tripathi, and Zohra Sehgal. After her are Cleavon Little, Adrienne Ames, Deborah Ann Woll, Rya Kihlstedt, Dan Butler, and Joan Lorring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ruby Keeler ranks 403Before her are E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Vladimir Barmin, Richard Maibaum, Robert Helpmann, Guillermo Douglas, and William Penney, Baron Penney. After her are Dragomir Tošić, Gertrude Abercrombie, Vivian Vance, Bimal Roy, Obafemi Awolowo, and Bill Wheatley. Among people deceased in 1993, Ruby Keeler ranks 291Before her are Daulat Singh Kothari, Rok Petrovič, Ion Negoițescu, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, and Jón Páll Sigmarsson. After her are Kenneth Connor, Kerry Von Erich, Michael Clarke, Karl Gordon Henize, David Brian, and James Bridges.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ruby Keeler ranks 715 out of 1,622Before her are Daniel Fernandes (1983), Kris Holden-Ried (1973), Hilarion Kapral (1948), Henry Lau (1989), Shawn Drover (1966), and Andre De Grasse (1994). After her are Atiba Hutchinson (1983), Cliff Thorburn (1948), Enrico Colantoni (1963), Estella Warren (1978), Brad Wright (1961), and Robert Elsie (1950).

Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Ruby Keeler ranks 206Before her are Tara Strong (1973), Shenae Grimes (1989), Michael Cera (1988), Gloria Reuben (1964), Kris Holden-Ried (1973), and Henry Lau (1989). After her are Enrico Colantoni (1963), Estella Warren (1978), Maurice LaMarche (1958), Jessica Steen (1965), Shay Mitchell (1987), and Marie Avgeropoulos (1986).