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Ann Miller
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Film & TV
Houston, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johnnie Lucille Collier (April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004), known professionally as Ann Miller, was an American dancer, singer and actress. She is best remembered for her work in the Classical Hollywood musical films of the 1940s and 1950s. At age 13 in 1936, Miller became a showgirl at the Bal Tabarin. She was hired as a dancer in the "Black Cat Club" in…
Known for
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self2021
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's — Self2009
- Easter Parade: On the Avenue — Self2005
- Judy Garland: By Myself — Self - Actor (voice)2004
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self2003
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine2003
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot — Self2003
- Inside the Marx Brothers — Self2003
- Rita — Self2003
- Broadway's Lost Treasures — Ann (segment "Sugar Babies")2003
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1923
- Active to
- 2004
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Ann Miller (April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004) was an American dancer, singer and actress Miller was given a contract with RKO at the age of thirteen (she had told them she was eighteen), and remained there until 1940. The following year, Miller was offered a contract at Columbia Pictures, where she bumped friend Lucille Ball from the throne as "Queen of the B-Movies". She finally hit her mark (starting in the late 1940s) in her roles in MGM musicals such as Kiss Me, Kate, Easter Parade, and O
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Miller
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Hollywood High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Anne Miller 1948.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ann Miller
- date of birth
- 1923-00-00
- date of death
- 2004-01-22
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- Commons gallery
- Ann Miller
- birth name
- Johnnie Lucille Collier
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- pseudonym
- Ann Miller
- dance style
- tap dance
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- different from
- Penelope Ann Miller
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