Post by Teleadm on Apr 14, 2023 23:09:02 GMT
What she might have lacked it acting she took back in spades with raw energy, enthusiasm and dancing and tap dancing.
She came to the movies with dance, not always in the fanciest places, and the money she got was to help her hearing-impaired mother. Her philandering father though restraint from her, once helped her to fake an ID to get her into the movies.
If she had lived she would have been 100 years this year, that little girl from Chireno in Texas.
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c8/9f/56/c89f5609e243efff260bb73c6790c7fa--ann-miller-hollywood-stars.jpg)
Ann Miller (1923-2004)
At age 13, in 1936, she became a showgirl at the "Bal Tabarin". She was hired as a dancer in the "Black Cat Club" in San Francisco (she reportedly told them she was 18), and that's were a RKO talent scout spotted signing her to a contract. She was only 13 but her father faked her birth card saying she was 18.
![](https://44.media.tumblr.com/73500b80929d18897041a5982cc3e769/ff342d0286a80fdc-14/s540x810_f1/a0d4ca18ba1e18eb53e935a8e0a9d2369db78903.gif)
Though her RKO movies are forgettable, she did a dance scene with Ginger Rogers in Stage Door 1937
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltn0haXBD81r1x0ppo1_1280.jpg)
...and acted with The Marx Brothers in the lesser Room Service 1938.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDZlODdmZDktM2FlYy00NTlkLTlmMmYtYjBmNTBhODA0MzhhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI3MDk3MzQ@._V1_.jpg)
As the ever-dancing Essie in Frank Capra's You Can't Take it with You 1938 seen here with Edward Arnold, Mary Forbes and James Stewart.
In 1941 she was signed to Columbia Pictures and starred in 11 B-movie musicals, those movies shouldn't be waved away too quickly since they were important song-pluggers aimed at the youth markets and usually had hit parade value attractions, if only for a number or two.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjFhYTc3MmMtYzFmNS00NWM3LWEwODktZmVhN2Q3NTRjMTg2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDMxMjQwMw@@._V1_.jpg)
Reveille with Beverly 1943 is such an example with name bands of the day.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjk2ODdlZDEtZDlhMC00Y2Q4LWI5NWUtNTRhMDY5ZjlmYjIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUwMDUwNA@@._V1_.jpg)
Eadie Was a Lady 1945
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODZlYWJlOWYtZGRjNy00MTA4LTliZjUtYWU3NDNiMTNjNDMwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTk2MzI2Ng@@._V1_.jpg)
Eve Knew Her Apples 1945 was actually a reworking of It Happened One Night 1934, but with songs.
By 1948 she had sign with with MGM, though reduced to supporting actress status she usually had a memorable number/showstopper or two, in lusher more expensive productions, but under contract a few duty roles too.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUwMjk3MTAxOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTQ4NTMyNw@@._V1_.jpg)
Easter Parade 1948
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWFmNDMyZmEtNTE3Yi00MzgyLWE0NTgtYWU1ZTVjZjcyMjQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzA5MjIzMjA@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg)
The once and maybe still is, revolutionary Leonard Bernstein musical On the Town 1949, seen here with Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmJlNGViOTAtNDVkOS00MjEyLWJmZWYtNWJiOTg4ZjFmMGI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA1MjI5Mjg@._V1_.jpg)
Kiss Me Kate 1953 "Two Darn Hot" and "Tom, Dick or Harry" showstopper in 3D.
By 1956 musicals had nearly been killed by television and her last two MGM movies The Opposite Sex 1956 and The Great American Pastime 1956 didn't do too well. After that she sort of semi-retired.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/71w+K+tbFGL.jpg)
She took over the role of Mame in 1969 on Broadway, and for her sake a new tap-dancing number was included.
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e8/2f/ea/e82fea05e61ca74815f243c15a6ab5b1.jpg)
Sugar Babies on Broadway for over 1000 performances between 1979 and 1982, with Mickey Rooney. Both MGM stars but from different eras.
A few TV roles
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/96/4a/dd/964add146d75ce64c9b358bbe27579fa.jpg)
Last stage role was in Stephen Sondheim's Follies as hard nosed Carlotta at Paper Mill Playhouse NJ 1998.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDI3NzAxYzEtM2NiMi00Mjk3LWJlNjEtODZlOWY2Yzg0Njg0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzI1NzMxNzM@._V1_.jpg)
Late in life came her sudden last role in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive 2001, first and last since 1956 (except Won Ton Ton).
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/A1gqbSVON+L.jpg)
First published in 1972.
The above movie pic's is far from complete.
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0c/d7/98/0cd798e7d32cd1b8fd66bd0e9dcc8e93--netflix-tv-ann-miller.jpg)
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She came to the movies with dance, not always in the fanciest places, and the money she got was to help her hearing-impaired mother. Her philandering father though restraint from her, once helped her to fake an ID to get her into the movies.
If she had lived she would have been 100 years this year, that little girl from Chireno in Texas.
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c8/9f/56/c89f5609e243efff260bb73c6790c7fa--ann-miller-hollywood-stars.jpg)
Ann Miller (1923-2004)
At age 13, in 1936, she became a showgirl at the "Bal Tabarin". She was hired as a dancer in the "Black Cat Club" in San Francisco (she reportedly told them she was 18), and that's were a RKO talent scout spotted signing her to a contract. She was only 13 but her father faked her birth card saying she was 18.
![](https://44.media.tumblr.com/73500b80929d18897041a5982cc3e769/ff342d0286a80fdc-14/s540x810_f1/a0d4ca18ba1e18eb53e935a8e0a9d2369db78903.gif)
Though her RKO movies are forgettable, she did a dance scene with Ginger Rogers in Stage Door 1937
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltn0haXBD81r1x0ppo1_1280.jpg)
...and acted with The Marx Brothers in the lesser Room Service 1938.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDZlODdmZDktM2FlYy00NTlkLTlmMmYtYjBmNTBhODA0MzhhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI3MDk3MzQ@._V1_.jpg)
As the ever-dancing Essie in Frank Capra's You Can't Take it with You 1938 seen here with Edward Arnold, Mary Forbes and James Stewart.
In 1941 she was signed to Columbia Pictures and starred in 11 B-movie musicals, those movies shouldn't be waved away too quickly since they were important song-pluggers aimed at the youth markets and usually had hit parade value attractions, if only for a number or two.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjFhYTc3MmMtYzFmNS00NWM3LWEwODktZmVhN2Q3NTRjMTg2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDMxMjQwMw@@._V1_.jpg)
Reveille with Beverly 1943 is such an example with name bands of the day.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjk2ODdlZDEtZDlhMC00Y2Q4LWI5NWUtNTRhMDY5ZjlmYjIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUwMDUwNA@@._V1_.jpg)
Eadie Was a Lady 1945
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODZlYWJlOWYtZGRjNy00MTA4LTliZjUtYWU3NDNiMTNjNDMwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTk2MzI2Ng@@._V1_.jpg)
Eve Knew Her Apples 1945 was actually a reworking of It Happened One Night 1934, but with songs.
By 1948 she had sign with with MGM, though reduced to supporting actress status she usually had a memorable number/showstopper or two, in lusher more expensive productions, but under contract a few duty roles too.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUwMjk3MTAxOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTQ4NTMyNw@@._V1_.jpg)
Easter Parade 1948
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWFmNDMyZmEtNTE3Yi00MzgyLWE0NTgtYWU1ZTVjZjcyMjQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzA5MjIzMjA@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg)
The once and maybe still is, revolutionary Leonard Bernstein musical On the Town 1949, seen here with Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmJlNGViOTAtNDVkOS00MjEyLWJmZWYtNWJiOTg4ZjFmMGI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA1MjI5Mjg@._V1_.jpg)
Kiss Me Kate 1953 "Two Darn Hot" and "Tom, Dick or Harry" showstopper in 3D.
By 1956 musicals had nearly been killed by television and her last two MGM movies The Opposite Sex 1956 and The Great American Pastime 1956 didn't do too well. After that she sort of semi-retired.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/71w+K+tbFGL.jpg)
She took over the role of Mame in 1969 on Broadway, and for her sake a new tap-dancing number was included.
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e8/2f/ea/e82fea05e61ca74815f243c15a6ab5b1.jpg)
Sugar Babies on Broadway for over 1000 performances between 1979 and 1982, with Mickey Rooney. Both MGM stars but from different eras.
A few TV roles
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/96/4a/dd/964add146d75ce64c9b358bbe27579fa.jpg)
Last stage role was in Stephen Sondheim's Follies as hard nosed Carlotta at Paper Mill Playhouse NJ 1998.
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDI3NzAxYzEtM2NiMi00Mjk3LWJlNjEtODZlOWY2Yzg0Njg0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzI1NzMxNzM@._V1_.jpg)
Late in life came her sudden last role in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive 2001, first and last since 1956 (except Won Ton Ton).
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/A1gqbSVON+L.jpg)
First published in 1972.
The above movie pic's is far from complete.
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0c/d7/98/0cd798e7d32cd1b8fd66bd0e9dcc8e93--netflix-tv-ann-miller.jpg)
Thanks for watching!
Opinions of all kinds are welcome!
Many examples can be found on YT