Ann Miller
Johnnie Lucille Collier · Lucille Collier · Lucy Ann Collier
- Туған күні:
- 1923-04-12
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 2004-01-22
- Туған жері:
- Houston, Texas, USA
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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 San Francisco (she reportedly told them she was 18). It was there that she was discovered by Lucille Ball and talent scout/comic Benny Rubin (although some sources say this occurred at Bal Tabarin). This led Miller to be given a contract with RKO in 1936 at the age of 13 (she had also told them she was 18, and apparently provided a fake birth certificate, procured by her father - with the name "Lucy Ann Collier") and she remained there until 1940. In 1941, she signed with Columbia Pictures, where, starting with Time Out for Rhythm, she starred in 11 B movie musicals from 1941 to 1945. In July 1945, with World War II still raging in the Pacific, she posed in a bathing suit as a Yank magazine pin-up girl. She ended her contract in 1946 with one "A" film, The Thrill of Brazil. The ad in Life magazine featured Miller's leg in a large, red, bow-tied stocking as the "T" in "Thrill". She finally hit her mark in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals such as Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949) and Kiss Me Kate (1953). Miller was famed for her speed in tap dance. Studio publicists concocted press releases claiming she could tap 500 times per minute, but in truth, the sound of ultra-fast "500" taps was looped in later. Because the stage floors were waxed and too slick for regular tap shoes, she had to dance in shoes with rubber treads on the sole. Later she would loop the sound of the taps while watching the film and actually dancing on a "tap board" to match her steps in the film. Her film career effectively ended in 1956 as the studio system lost steam to television, but she remained active in the theater and on television. She starred on Broadway in the musical Mame in 1969, in which she wowed the audience in a tap number created just for her. In 1979 she astounded audiences in the Broadway show Sugar Babies with fellow MGM veteran Mickey Rooney, which toured the United States extensively after its Broadway run. In 1983, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. She appeared in a special 1982 episode of The Love Boat, joined by fellow showbiz legends Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Della Reese, Van Johnson and Cab Calloway in a storyline that cast them as older relatives of the show's regular characters. Her last stage performance was a 1998 production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, in which she played hardboiled Carlotta Campion and received rave reviews for her rendition of the song "I'm Still Here". For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Miller has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6914 Hollywood Blvd. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. To honor Miller's contribution to dance, the Smithsonian Institution displays her favorite pair of tap shoes, which she playfully nicknamed "Moe and Joe".
Фильмографиясы
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Self
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Self - Actor (voice)
Rita
2003
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ann (segment "Sugar Babies")
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Inside the Marx Brothers
2003
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Малхолланд Драйв
2001
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Coco
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000
Self
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Self
Вот это развлечение! Часть 3
1994
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Self - Host
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
That's Dancing!
1985
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ночь сотни звёзд
1982
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Self
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Presidents' Girl 2
Вот это развлечение! Часть 2
1976
TMDb 7.0 / 10
(archive footage)
Вот это развлечение!
1974
TMDb 7.4 / 10
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Dames at Sea
1971
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mona
Mondo Hollywood
1967
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Great American Pastime
1956
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Doris Patterson
Противоположный пол
1956
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Gloria Dahl
Hit the Deck
1955
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Ginger
Deep in My Heart
1954
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Performer (segment "Artists and Models")
Поцелуй меня Кэт
1953
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Lois Lane, "Bianca"
Девчонка из городка
1953
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Lisa Bellmount
Lovely to Look At
1952
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Bubbles Cassidy
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Joyce Campbell
Карнавал в Техасе
1951
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Sunshine Jackson
Watch the Birdie
1950
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Miss Lucky Vista
Увольнение в город
1949
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Claire Huddesen
Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City
1949
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Self
The Kissing Bandit
1948
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Fiesta Specialty Dancer
Пасхальный парад
1948
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Nadine Hale
The Thrill of Brazil
1946
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Linda Lorens
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Eve Porter
Eadie Was a Lady
1945
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Eadie Allen / Edithea Alden
Carolina Blues
1944
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Julie Carver
Jam Session
1944
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Terry Baxter
Hey, Rookie
1944
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Winnie Clark
Sailor's Holiday
1944
TMDb 7.0 / 10
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
1943
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Ann Crawford
Reveille with Beverly
1943
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Beverly Ross
Priorities on Parade
1942
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Donna D'Arcy
True to the Army
1942
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Vicki Marlow
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Go West, Young Lady
1941
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Lola
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
Self
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Kitty Brown
Hit Parade of 1941
1940
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Anabelle Potter
Слишком много девушек
1940
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Pepe
Melody Ranch
1940
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Julie Shelton
Tarnished Angel
1938
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Violet McMaster
Room Service
1938
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hilda Manny
С собой не унесешь
1938
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Essie Carmichael
Having Wonderful Time
1938
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Vivian (uncredited)
Radio City Revels
1938
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Billie
Дверь на сцену
1937
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Annie
The Life of the Party
1937
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Betty
New Faces of 1937
1937
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Ann Miller
The Devil on Horseback
1936
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Dancer (uncredited)
Добрая фея
1935
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)