Ann Miller Biography

Johnnie Lucille Collier, popularly known as Ann Miller was an American dancer, singer, and actress, best remembered for her work in the Classical Hollywood cinema musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.

Ann Miller Age|Nationality

Miller was born on 12 April 1923. She died on 22 January 2004 when she was 80 years old. Being born in Houston, Texas, she holds the American nationality and is of white ethnicity. Her other nicknames are Lucille Collier or Lucy Ann Collier.

Ann Miller Height|Weight

She had a height of 5 feet 7 inches. Her weight cannot be known since she is dead. Her hair color and eye color are not known and will be updated soon.

Ann Miller Spouse|Dating|Is She Married or Divorced?

Ann was married and divorced three times. Her first marriage was in 1946 to millionaire Reese Milner which ended in divorce a short time after the death of their newborn daughter. It was in her last semester while pregnant with daughter Mary that she fell and went into early labor. The baby only lived for 3 hours on 12 November 1946.

She then married oilman William Moss in 1958 but divorced him shortly thereafter. Her 1961 marriage to another oilman, Arthur Cameron, was again annulled.

In between marriages dated such well-known men as Howard Hughes, Conrad Hilton, and Louis B. Mayer. Miller was financially successful in spite of being unlucky in love. The money she made touring with Sugar Babies made her rich.

Ann Miller Family

Miller was born in Texas to Clara Emma (mother) and John Allison Collier(father). His dad was a criminal lawyer who represented the Barrow Gang, Machine Gun Kelly, and Baby Face Nelson, among others. Cherokee was her maternal grandmother.

Her father insisted on the name Johnnie because he had wanted a boy, but she was often called Annie. When she was 5 years old, she began to take dance classes after suffering from a case of rickets. Emma, her mom, believed that these classes would help strengthen her young daughter’s legs.

They lived in Texas until she was nine, when her parents divorced, reportedly due to her father’s infidelities. Her mother moved with her to Los Angeles. It was hard for her mother to find work since she was deaf.

Nonetheless, since Miller looked much older than she was, she began to work as a dancer in nightclubs and supported both of them. It was during this time that she adopted the stage name Ann Miller, which she kept throughout her entire career.

Ann Miller Career

Miller frequently appears on television interview shows including Sally Jessy Raphael, Phil Donahue, David Letterman, Joan Rivers, and the Vickie Lawrence show. She also appeared on the Conan O’Brien and Tom Snyder shows in 1994. Ann’s sparkling wit and humor made her a delightful guest.

Afterward, she has appeared as a guest star in numerous television shows including a special with Ann Margaret in “Dames at Sea” and a two-hour version of the “Love Boat” with Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, and Van Johnson. In 1991, Ann did a straight acting stint as a guest star on the situation comedy called “Out of This World” and appeared as a guest star on the hit series “Home Improvement” in 1993 with Tim Allen.

Ann Miller Movies

–  Easter Parade 1948
–  On the Town 1949
–  Stage Door 1937
–  You Can’t Take It with You 1938
–  Hit the Deck 1955
–  Mulholland Drive

–  Kiss Me Kate (film)
–  New Faces of 1937
–  Small Town Girl 1953
–  Deep in My Heart 1954
–  Lovely to Look At 1952
–  Too Many Girls

–  ROOM SERVICE 1938
–  Reveille with Beverly
–  The Opposite Sex 1956
–  Texas Carnival
–  Two Tickets to Broadway
–  Priorities on Parade
–  The Kissing Bandit

–  Time Out for Rhythm
–  Melody Ranch
–  Radio City Revels
–  The Thrill of Brazil
–  The Great American Pastime
–  Eadie Was a Lady

–  What’s Buzzin’, Cousin?
–  Watch the Birdie
–  True to the Army
–  Go West, Young Lady
–  Hit Parade of 1941
–  Carolina Blues 1944
–  Hey, Rookie

–  The Life of the Party 1937
–  That’s Entertainment! III
–  Jam Session 1944
–  Eve Knew Her Apples
–  Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
–  Tarnished Angel

–  Mulholland Dr. 1999
–  American Masters Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
–  Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
–  Hollywood Musicals of the ’50s 1999
–  Romance and Rhythm Film
–  Hollywood Musicals of the ’40s 1999

Ann Miller Awards

She is the recipient of many awards. Ann is among them who received the Best Legs Award from the Hall of Fame. The George M. Cohen award for the best female entertainer in 1980 and the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award for best performer of the year for “Sugar Babies” in 1984.

She was also nominated for a Tony award for “Sugar Babies” and an also a nominee for the Laurence Olivier award in London in 1989 for “Sugar Babies” She was just honored on “This Is Your Life” television show in England, which included twenty stars who came to honor her.

Ann Miller received an award for the best dance number from the Dance Awards of America for the MGM Disney television dance special. She was honored in 1992 for the Life Time Achievement Award bestowed upon by the University of Southern California. Recently, she received the Ms. Wonderful Award from the Thalians and then the Gene Autry Golden Boot Award for her performances in western films in the 1940s.

The Gypsy Award for her lifetime achievement from the Dance Society of America in 1993 was received and most of Hollywood came to honor her. In 1994 she received the Flo-Bert Tap Dancers of America Award in New York and a lifetime achievement award from the Inner Critics Circle of Arizona was received in July of 1994.

Ann Miller Net worth

Her estimated net worth as of 2019 is currently unknown and will be updated soon. She had investments in real estate and one of the largest collections of Native American jewelry in the world. Detailed information about her property, cars, awards, honors, houses are also not available and we will update you soon.

Ann Miller Death

When she was 80 years old, Ann Miller died from lung cancer. Her remains were interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Ann Miller Trivia

Miller has written two books, an autobiography “Miller’s Highlife” and “Tapping Into the Force” which is about her psychic abilities. Also, she is an avid reader, particularly of books about archeology, a science in which she participates actively traveling to Egypt, Israel, and the middle east.

She lived there in Texas until she was nine years old when her mother left her philandering father and moved with Ann to Los Angeles, California.

Miller had to support her mother even at that young age, who was hearing-impaired and unable to hold a job. After taking tap-dancing lessons, she got jobs dancing in various Hollywood nightclubs while being home-schooled.