Judy Holliday

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6901 Hollywood Blvd. See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. In 1965 she died from breast cancer. Some of her better known films include:. In 1956 she starred in The Solid Gold Cadillac and in 1960 in Bells Are Ringing, in the role she had originated on Broadway. She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6730 Hollywood Blvd. Holliday was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee to "explain" her Communist links, but the appearance did not blackball her career, unlike the cases of others in the movie business. Ruby Keeler died of cancer in Rancho Mirage, California and was interred in the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, California.

The part gave her the chance to star in Born Yesterday the next year, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her first "show-business" job was as a chorine, working in a speakeasy for the Prohibition-era hostess Texas Guinan. Her big break came in 1949, with a role in Adam's Rib. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She had a few more minor roles, before moving back to New York and the stage. Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Keeler, (August 25, 1910 - February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer. Born Judith Tuvim in New York City, she began her career on the stage. Her first movie was Greenwich Village in 1944. Sweetheart of the Campus - (1941).

Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921 - June 7, 1965) was an American actress. Mother Carey's Chickens - (1938). Ready, Willing and Able - (1937). Colleen - (1936). Shipmates Forever - (1935).

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

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