Ruby Keeler Al Jolson Jr

Ethel ruby keeler august 25 1909 february 28 1993 was a canadian american actress dancer and singer most famous for her on screen pairing with dick powell in a string of successful early musicals at warner brothers particularly 42nd street 1933.

Ruby keeler al jolson jr.

Adopted son of al jolson ruby keeler and originally named al jolson jr. Seemed more attracted to ruby than al as many children seem to prefer one parent over another. View all al jolson jr s timeline. Ruby keeler started as a dancer on broadway.

From 1928 to 1940 she was married to actor and singer al jolson she retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized. Adopted a child named al jolson jr. Ruby keeler was al jolson s third wife. 1935 march 18 1935.

Seemed more attracted to ruby than al as many children seem to prefer one parent over another. His nickname was sonny boy or sonny. According to jolson biographers al jr. Jolson accepted ziegfeld s offer and during their tour with ziegfeld the two started dating and were married on september 21 1928.

Jolson resented this and never really got close to the boy. After divorcing al jolson ruby keeler married john lowe and at age 14 sonny boy became albert peter lowe. Was adopted by her new husband john homer lowe and took the name peter albert lowe. In 1935 al and ruby adopted a son jolson s first child whom they named al jolson jr in 1939 however despite a marriage that was considered to be more successful than his previous ones keeler left jolson.

After her marriage to al jolson she moved to hollywood and become a star in warners musicals opposite dick powell after her divorce from jolson she retired for almost 30 years until she appeared in no no nanette on broadway in 1971 under the direction of busby berkeley. Ruby keeler started as a dancer on broadway. Albert peter lowe passed away at age 72 in november 2007. After her marriage to al jolson she moved to hollywood and become a star in warners musicals opposite dick powell.

After divorcing al jolson ruby keeler married john lowe and at age 14 sonny boy became albert peter lowe. Fans are still showing up at the 27 room 2 5 million encino ranch where al jolson carried ruby keeler across the threshold by bevis hillier. The house that jolson built. Imdb mini biography by.

In the summer of 1928 al jolson was in his early forties was the toast of broadway and had found great success while starring in the first full length hollywood talkie the jazz singer. Following the divorce of jolson keeler ruby keeler remarried and al jolson jr. Sweetheart of the campus.