Ann Miller started her Hollywood career in low-budget films between 1937 and 1946, before she became a star in major films. She was second only to Eleanor Powell, as a tap dancer. After her film career she danced in nightclubs and in 1979 she was in the Broadway hit "Sugar Babies."See full bio »
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(performer: "Shakin' the Blues Away" 1927 - uncredited, "On the Town" 1944 - uncredited, "Dance of Fury" 1948 - uncredited, "It Only Happens When I Dance with You" 1947 - uncredited)
1985That's Dancing!
(documentary)
(performer: "Tom, Dick or Harry")
1971Dames at Sea
(TV movie)
(performer: "Wall Street", "That Mister Man of Mine", "Let's Have a Simple Wedding")
1955Hit the Deck
(performer: "Keepin' Myself for You" 1930 - uncredited, "The Lady from the Bayou" - uncredited, "Ciribiribin" 1898 - uncredited, "More Than You Know" 1929 - uncredited, "Why, Oh Why?" 1927 - uncredited, "Hallelujah" 1927 - uncredited)
1953Kiss Me Kate
(performer: "Too Darn Hot" - uncredited, "Why Can't You Behave" - uncredited, "We Open in Venice" - uncredited, "Tom, Dick or Harry" - uncredited, "Always True to You in My Fashion" - uncredited, "From This Moment On" - uncredited)
1953Small Town Girl
(performer: "I've Gotta Hear that Beat", "My Gaucho")
1952Lovely to Look at
(performer: "I'll Be Hard to Handle" - uncredited)
1951Two Tickets to Broadway
(performer: "The Worry Bird, or Let the Worry Bird Worry For You", "Big Chief Hole-In-the-Ground")
1948Easter Parade
(performer: "It Only Happens When I Dance with You" - uncredited, "Shakin' the Blues Away" - uncredited, "The Girl on the Magazine Cover" - uncredited)
1946The Thrill of Brazil
(performer: "The Custom House", "Man is brother to a mule")
1945Eve Knew Her Apples
(performer: "An Hour Never Passes" - uncredited, "I'll Remember April" - uncredited, "I've Waited a Lifeime" - uncredited, "Someone to Love" - uncredited)
1944Carolina Blues
(performer: "Mr. Beebe", "Thinkin' About The Wabash", "Thanks a Lot")
1944Hey, Rookie
(performer: "Streamlined Sheik", "There Goes Taps", "You're Good for My Morale")
1943What's Buzzin', Cousin?
(performer: "By Orders of the Interceptor Command", "A Boogie Lullaby", "Knocked-Out Nocturne", "Eighteen Seventy-five" $18.75 War Bond Cost)
1941Go West, Young Lady
(performer: "I Wish That I Could Be a Singing Cowboy", "Go West, Young Lady")
1941Time Out for Rhythm
(performer: "A-Twiddlin' My Thumbs" - uncredited, "Obviously the Gentleman Prefers to Dance" - uncredited, "Time Out for Rhythm" finale)
1940Melody Ranch
(performer: "We Never Dream the Same Dream Twice" 1940 - uncredited, "My Gal Sal" 1905 - uncredited / "Stake Your Claim on Melody Ranch" 1940 - uncredited)
1940Hit Parade of 1941
(performer: "South American Ballet" - uncredited)
At MGM, I always played the second feminine lead. I was never the star in films. I was the brassy, good-hearted showgirl. I never really had my big moment on the screen. Broadway gave me the stardom that my soul kind of yearned for.
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Trivia:
During an interview with Robert Osborne for Turner Classic Movies, Ann Miller said that when she was 9 months pregnant with Reese Milner's child, he got drunk one night, beat Ann up and threw her down a flight of stairs. Ann broke her back and had to give birth with a broken back.
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