Editing Ruby Keeler (section)

{{Short description|American actress, dancer, and singer (1909–1993)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Ruby Keeler
| image         = Ruby Keeler by Scotty Welbourne, 1935.jpg
| caption       = Keeler in 1935
| birth_name    = Ethel Ruby Keeler
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1909|8|25}}
| birth_place   = [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]], Canada
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1993|2|28|1909|8|25}}
| death_place   = [[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, [[Orange, California]], U.S.
| awards        = [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]<br>[[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]]
| occupation    = {{flatlist|
* Actress
* dancer
* singer}}
| years_active  = 1923–1989
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Al Jolson]]|1928|1940|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|John Homer Lowe|1941|1969|end=died}}
}}
| children      = 5
| relatives     = [[Joey D. Vieira]] (nephew)<br/>[[Ken Weatherwax]] (nephew)
}}

'''Ethel Ruby Keeler'''<ref name="novascotiagenealogy.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1909-55900655&Event=birth&ID=230837|title=Ethel Ruby Keeler extract|access-date=October 24, 2016|work=Nova Scotia Genealogy|page=Page 55900655 - Number 55900657}}</ref> (August 25, 1909<ref name="novascotiagenealogy.com"/> – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-born 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 (film)|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 theatre|Broadway]] in 1971.