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April 12, 1923 - January 22, 2004 - American actress, singer, and dancer.
She was born in the Texas town of Chireno. Her father, John Alfred Collier, was a criminal lawyer who was involved in high-profile cases of such well-known criminals in the United States as Bonnie and Clyde and Machine Gun Kelly. Her maternal grandmother was a representative of the Cherokee Indian tribe, and this quite clearly influenced the appearance of the future actress. Her unusual name for a girl - Johnny, she received due to the fact that her father dreamed of having a son. But despite this, in the family she was often called not Johnny, but Annie.
As a child, Johnny suffered from rickets and in order to somehow weaken this ailment, she professionally took up dancing. In addition, she was inspired by the popular Broadway actress and dancer Eleanor Powell for this activity. At the age of 13, having lied about his young age, Johnny got a job as a dancer at the Black Cat Club in San Francisco. There she was noticed by Lucille Ball and Benny Rubin, thanks to whom in the same year she was able to sign a contract with the RKO film studio. There, she also lied about her age, convincing everyone that she was already 18 years old. She worked at RKO until 1940, appearing at the same time in the films The Door to the Stage (1937) and You Can't Take It With You (1938). After that, she starred for Columbia Pictures for several years, but achieved success in the late 1940s at MGM, appearing in the musical films Easter Parade (1948), Dismissal (1949) and Kiss me, Kat "(1953) .
In the late 1940s, Anne Miller introduced pantyhose to solve the problem of constantly tearing stockings during dance numbers. Usually the stockings were sewn to the dancer's underwear, and if there was an arrow on one stocking, the whole structure had to be completely changed. That is why Miller asked to personally make tights for herself, which could easily be replaced with another pair if they were torn.
Miller was also famous for her tap-dancing speed, and the studio reportedly could hit 500 beats per minute. Ann Miller continued to star on the big screen until the mid-1950s, when the MGM comedy era came to an end. Despite this, the actress remained in demand and is active on television and in the theater. In 1969, she starred in the Broadway musical Mame, which audiences went to only to see the renowned actress and dancer firsthand. Ten years later, she conquered Broadway audiences with the musical comedy Sugar Babes, in which she starred opposite MGM star Mickey Rooney. In 1983 Miller was awarded the Sarah Siddons Honorary Award for her work in Chicago theaters. In 1982, she appeared in one of the episodes of the popular US TV series Love Boat, in which she, along with such Broadway stars as Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Van Johnson and Della Reese, played the role of an old relative of the regular characters of the show. She last appeared on the stage in 1998 in Stephen Sondheim's Frenzy, and her last film role was in David Lynch's acclaimed thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001.
Ann Miller died of lung cancer on January 22, 2004 at the age of 80, and was buried in Culver City, California.
She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry.

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