Ruby Keeler

See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. She died in London from respiratory failure. Some of her better known films include:. During a tribute in 1992 at the London Palladium the actor John Mills described her as "the fairest prima donna this side of heaven". She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6730 Hollywood Blvd. Her acting career ranks as one of the longest in British theatre. Ruby Keeler died of cancer in Rancho Mirage, California and was interred in the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, California. Awarded an OBE in 1973, Laye continued acting well into her nineties.

Her first "show-business" job was as a chorine, working in a speakeasy for the Prohibition-era hostess Texas Guinan. Her other stage successes included Silver Wedding (1957) with Lawton, and The Amorous Prawn (1959) and Phil the Fluter (1969). She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She acted several times opposite her second husband, the actor Frank Lawton. Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Keeler, (August 25, 1910 - February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer. She continued acting in such productions as The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Sweetheart of the Campus - (1941). Married to the actor Sonnie Hale from 1926, Laye received widespread public sympathy when Hale left her for the actress Jessie Matthews in 1930.

Mother Carey's Chickens - (1938). She made her Broadway debut in 1929 in Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet. Ready, Willing and Able - (1937). Among her sucesses during the 1920s were Madame Pompadour, The Dollar Princess and Lilac Time. Colleen - (1936). Born Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London, England, Laye made her first stage appearance in 1915, and for the first few years of her career played mainly in musical comedy. Shipmates Forever - (1935). Evelyn Laye (July 10 - 1900 - February 17, 1996) was a British theatre actress.

Go Into Your Dance - (1935). Flirtation Walk - (1934). Dames - (1934). Footlight Parade - (1933).

Gold Diggers of 1933 - (1933). 42nd Street - (1933).