Ruby Keeler

See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. In 1992, Lange made her Broadway debut opposite Alec Baldwin in A Streetcar Named Desire. Some of her better known films include:. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982), for Country (1984), for Sweet Dreams (1985) and for Music Box (1989). She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6730 Hollywood Blvd. Jessica Lange has received Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Tootsie (1982) and for Blue Sky (1994). Ruby Keeler died of cancer in Rancho Mirage, California and was interred in the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, California. Lange became a star opposite Jack Nicholson in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981).

Her first "show-business" job was as a chorine, working in a speakeasy for the Prohibition-era hostess Texas Guinan. She disappeared from the screen for a few years, then returned in a small role in All That Jazz (1979). She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis cast her in his motion picture remake King Kong, which received unfavorable press. Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Keeler, (August 25, 1910 - February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer. She went to Paris after high school to study drama, then returned to New York, where she became a fashion model. Sweetheart of the Campus - (1941). She was born Jessica Phyllis Lange in Cloquet, Minnesota.

Mother Carey's Chickens - (1938). Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American Academy Award winning actress. 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).