Ruby Keeler

 Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler (August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993)

Keeler was most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to singer Al Jolson. The couple adopted one child, but later divorced. Keeler and Jolson starred together in Go into Your Dance, which was their only film together. She retired from show business in the 1940s, but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971. In 1941, she married John Homer Lowe, a businessman, and left show business the same year. Keeler and Lowe had four children. Lowe died in 1969. Ruby's son John Lowe had a career as a Broadway stage manager for a number of productions beginning with No, No, Nanette in 1970. Keeler was also the aunt of Ken Weatherwax, known for playing Pugsley on The Addams Family TV series. Ruby Keeler died of cancer on February 28, 1993 in Rancho Mirage, California, and is buried at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, California.