Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Ruby Keeler |
Ethel Hilda Keeler |
Ruby came from an Irish family,
whose parents were accomplished Ballroom
dancers themselves, with Ruby being the second of three children.
Ruby went to a professional children's school as a child. Keeler
became a talented Tap dancer though not really graceful, continued
thru her mother's support. Later when Ruby was 12, her family
enrolled her in the 'Jack Blue School of Rhythm and Taps' and
by the age of thirteen was a chorus girl in 'The Rise of Rosie
O'Reilly' and shortly after a dancer in Texas
Guinan's nightclub.
A Canadian-born chorus girl who hoofed in Broadway
shows for several years before marrying entertainer Al Jolson
in 1928, made her screen debut at her husband's home studio. Al
Jolson first met Keeler at Texas
Guinan's nightclub in New York. Jolson and Keeler were also
wed in 1928.
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Ballrooms
