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Ann Miller (April 12, 1923U.S. Census, April 1, 1930. State of Texas,
County of Harris, enumeration district 71, page 2A, family 86. ? January
22, 2004) was an American dancer, singer and actress.
Biography
Early life Miller was born Johnnie Lucille Ann Collier in Chireno, Texas,
daughter of Clara Emma (née Birdwell) and John Alfred Collier, a criminal
lawyer who represented Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow and Baby Face Nelson,
among
others.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03EFDB1139F930A15752C0A9629C8B63http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Ann-Miller.html
Miller's maternal grandmother was Cherokee. Miller's father insisted on the
name Johnnie because he had wanted a boy, but she was often called Annie.
She took up dancing to exercise her legs to help her rickets. She was
considered a child dance prodigy.
