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Job Actress
Years active 1934-2001
Top Roles Claire Huddesen, Essie Carmichael, Nadine Hale, Lois Lane 'Bianca', Hilda
Top Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance, Drama, Western, Film Adaptation
Top Topics Romance (Comic), Based on Play, New York, Show Business, Father Son
Top Collaborators Gene Kelly, Howard Keel, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Cyd Charisse, Red Skelton, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball
Also Born on April 12
Also Born in 1923
Also Born in Texas
Also an Aries

Ann Miller Overview:

Legendary actress, Ann Miller, was born Johnnie Lucille Collier on Apr 12, 1923 in Nacogdoches, TX. Miller died at the age of 80 on Jan 22, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, CA.

MINI BIO:

Vivacious American dancer with very dark hair and a bright smile. In show business from an early age, she proved the most devastatingly fast tap dancer since Eleanor Powell, with enough vim and verve for the entire cast. One can never remember seeing the Miller waist exposed, but those fabulous legs were almost always in evidence in 20 years of musicals, throughout which she pleased audiences with her own brand of brassy sweetness. Three times married.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Miller was never nominated for an Academy Award.

Ann Miller BlogHub Articles:

“Easter Parade” – Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ann Miller

Full of melody! Full of young love! The happiest musical ever made!! Trailer for Easter Parade (1948) Don Hewes (Fred Astaire): “Miss Brown, what idiot ever told you you were a dancer?” Hannah Brown (Judy Garland): “You did!” Easter Parade is a 1948 American musical fil... Read full article


Ann Miller: A Pictorial

Ann Miller: Singer/Dancer/Actress   Ann Miller   “I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers.” ~ Ann Miller Ann Miller   In 1979 interview:  “I have worked like a dog all my life, honey. Dancing, as Fred Astaire said... Read full article


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Ann Miller Quotes:

Claire Huddesen: You oughta feel proud that three sailors from the United States Navy got off the ship for one day, and what did they do? Were they thirsty for hard liquor? No. They were thirsty for culture. Were they running after girls? No. They came running to the museum to see your dinosaur. For months out at sea they were dreaming about your dinosaur.
— From: On the Town

Billie Shaw: Oh, I'm sorry, but when anyone sings or plays, well, my feet won't stay still.

Ozzie: [after Claire took photo of him beside prehistoric man statue] Er, what are you doing tonight?
Claire Huddesen: Now just a minute! I want you to know that my interest in you is purely scientific. I'm just a cold-blooded scientist. And I'm writing an anthropological study for this musuem. It's called : "The Modern Man... And What It Is"
— From: On the Town

Chief Boatswain's Mate William F. Clark: Ginger, baby, I worship the ground you walk on!
Ginger: Now he's talking real estate!
— From: Hit the Deck

Claire Huddesen: [singing] Some guys care a lot for me. But my excitement they can't fan. Because I still await my primitive mate. We have a date... since the world began, my prehistoric man...!
[dancing with Ozzie]
— From: On the Town
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Ann Miller Facts
Measurements: 35-22-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2004.

In Call Her Mom (1972) (TV), she was replaced by Gloria DeHaven after she, herself, had replaced Cyd Charisse.

At the end of her MGM contract she flew overseas to Morocco to entertain on the Timex TV Hour for Bob Hope. She sang and danced "Too Darn Hot" in 120-degree heat, entertaining 5000 soldiers.

Famous for her big hair in the later years of her career.

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