Ann miller and fred astaire biography

The star of forty motion pictures and Broadway shows, national tours and innumerable television appearances, Ann Miller has been tap dancing since her earliest childhood days.

Ann began her Hollywood career at age eleven, and with her vibrant personality, great legs and her tap dancing, won a seven year contract with R.K.O.

at the age of thirteen (claiming to be eighteen).

Ann miller and fred astaire biography

She was so remarkable that by age fourteen, she played Ginger Roger's dancing partner in "Stage Door", which started a Motion Picture Career that spanned 20 years. During that period, Ann appeared in more than 40 films. At fifteen, Ann was "borrowed" by Columbia to appear with James Stewart and Jean Arthur in "You Can't Take It With You" which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1938.

That same year, back at R.K.O., she appeared with the Marx Brothers in "Room Service".

Ann miller and fred astaire biography personal life

She left R.K.O. and starred on Broadway in the George White Scandals of 1939 and 1940. Following her initial contract with R