Portrait of Ruby Keeler

Acting

Ruby Keeler

Career

Active from 1933 to 1941, busiest in 1933 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruby Keeler Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    1.9, average 5.5
  • Violence
    1.2, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.2, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 2
  • Wholesome Entertainment 2
  • Optimistic 2
  • Pre-Code Musical 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Backstage Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 56
Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
GoodWatch score 41

as Goldie

That's Dancing!
That's Dancing! (1985)
GoodWatch score 71

as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

1970s

1 title ยท average score 34
The Phynx
The Phynx (1970)
GoodWatch score 34

as Ruby Keeler

1960s

2 titles
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)

TV show

Vacation Playhouse
Vacation Playhouse (1963)

TV show ยท as Ruby

1940s

1 title
Sweetheart of the Campus
Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)

as Betty Blake

1930s

12 titles ยท average score 61
Mother Carey's Chickens
Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

as Kitty Carey

Ready, Willing and Able
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
GoodWatch score 43

as Jane

A Day at Santa Anita
A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ruby Keeler (uncredited)

Colleen
Colleen (1936)
GoodWatch score 39

as Colleen Reilly

Go Into Your Dance
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
GoodWatch score 44

as Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne

Shipmates Forever
Shipmates Forever (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as June Blackburn

Dames
Dames (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

as Barbara Hemingway

Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk (1934)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kathleen "Kit" Fitts

Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade (1933)
GoodWatch score 81

as Bea

Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
GoodWatch score 89

as Polly

42nd Street
42nd Street (1933)
GoodWatch score 79

as Peggy

Show Girl in Hollywood
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ruby Keeler