Ruby Keeler Interview (c.1983)
A native of Dartmouth (Halifax?), Nova Scotia, Ruby Keeler (b. 25 August 1910; d. Rancho Mirage, CA, 23 February 1993) was one of the first great performers in the early days of the Broadway and Hollywood musical. When she was three years old, her family moved to New York and lived on the Lower East Side. Née Ethel Hilda Keeler, Ruby was discovered by producer Charles B. Dillingham at the El Fay speakeasy in New Yor…