Who did Ruby Keeler marry?

John Homer Lowem. 1941–1969
Al Jolsonm. 1928–1940
Ruby Keeler/Spouse

Miss Keeler withdrew totally from the limelight. She married Pasadena real estate broker John Lowe Jr. in October, 1941, and went into semi-retirement. She often said her life “really began” when she met Lowe and that their 28 years of marriage were her greatest joy.

What happened Ruby Keeler?

Ruby Keeler, the innocent-faced tap-dancing sweetheart of nine Warner Brothers musicals in the 1930’s, died yesterday morning at her home in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 82 years old. The cause of death was cancer, said her daughter Kathleen Lowe.

How old was Ruby Keeler when she married Al Jolson?

19 years old
She was 19 years old, and he was around 42. In 1933, producer Darryl F. Zanuck cast Keeler in the Warner Bros. musical 42nd Street opposite Dick Powell and Bebe Daniels.

Was Ruby Keeler a good dancer?

In Hollywood, Keeler’s dance abilities combined with her refreshing beauty and personality, which made her one of musical film’s most beloved dancing stars, despite a heavy, plodding style of tap dancing derived from the jig and clog style of musical theater dancing as taught by dance director Ned Wayburn.

Who was Al Jolson’s wife?

Erle Galbraithm. 1945–1950
Ruby Keelerm. 1928–1940Alma Osbournem. 1922–1928Henrietta Kellerm. 1907–1920
Al Jolson/Wife

When was Ruby Keeler born?

August 25, 1910
Ruby Keeler/Date of birth

Where was Ruby Keeler born?

Dartmouth, Canada
Ruby Keeler/Place of birth

What is Al Jolson’s real name?

Asa Yoelson
Al Jolson/Full name
Al Jolson, byname of Asa Yoelson, (born May 26, 1886, Srednike, Russia [now Seredžius, Lithuania]—died October 23, 1950, San Francisco, California, U.S.), popular American singer and blackface comedian of the musical stage and motion pictures, from before World War I to 1940.

Was Al Jolson’s father a cantor?

Moses Reuben Yoelson
Al Jolson/Fathers

Who was the most popular crooner of the 1930s?

Bing Crosby, while not necessarily a teen idol type, was also considered a crooner and became one of the first multi-media stars. He was one of the best selling musicians of all time and certainly dominated the charts of the 1930s.

Who sang Mammy in blackface?

Jolson
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the man who made his mark singing “My Mammy” in blackface was himself a “mamma’s boy.” Jolson was born Asa Yoelson in Seredzius, Lithuania, sometime between 1883 and 1886. He was the youngest of four children — the baby of the family and his mother Naomi’s favorite.

Did Al Jolson really whistle?

There’s also the finger-whistling style of Harpo Marx and Al Jolson, who whistled a bridge to “Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye” in the first motion picture with sound, “The Jazz Singer.” Hider also played a riff from Pete Hessell, a hand-whistler whose cupped palms produced the overture from “The Barber of Seville.”