Dancer

Ann Miller

American actress and dancer (1923–2004)

Born 1923 · HoustonDied 2004United States
Ann Miller
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Ann Miller was an American dancer, born in 1923 in Houston, who died in 2004.

Biography

Ann Miller (born Johnnie Lucille Collier; April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004) was an American actress and dancer. She was widely known for her work in the classical Hollywood cinema musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, including her roles in Room Service with the Marx Brothers and Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You, both released in 1938. She later starred in the musical classics Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949), and Kiss Me Kate (1953). Her final film role was in Mulholland Drive (2001).

Miller received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The Daily Telegraph named her among the greatest actors to never receive an Academy Award nomination.

From the Wikipedia article “Ann Miller”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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