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    Marilyn Miller

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  1. Marilyn Miller (born Mary Ellen Reynolds; September 1, 1898 – April 7, 1936) was one of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and early 1930s. She was an accomplished tap dancer, singer and actress, and the combination of these talents endeared her to audiences.

  2. Overview. Born. September 1, 1898 · Evansville, Indiana, USA. Died. April 7, 1936 · New York City, New York, USA (infection following sinus surgery) Birth name. Mary Ellen Reynolds. Mini Bio.

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    • April 7, 1936
  3. Apr 3, 2024 · Marilyn Miller (born September 1, 1898, Evansville, Indiana, U.S.—died April 7, 1936, New York, New York) was one of the most popular American musical comedy actresses of the 1920s. Mary Ellen Reynolds grew up with her stepfather’s name, Miller.

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  4. Jul 12, 2010 · A Star Named Marilyn (But Not The One You Think) Marilyn Miller was one of the most adored and charismatic Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and '30s. She also had a brief movie career --...

  5. Marilyn Miller was the 1920s and 30s Broadway performer famous for her Cinderella-like characters. Her real-life story, however, was no fairy tale. 1. She Was The Bad-Luck Blonde. Long before Marilyn Monroe, there was Marilyn Miller; the blonde Broadway dancer who pirouetted her way into audiences’ hearts.

  6. Jul 1, 2015 · She began as a sprite-like ballerina in the Ziegfeld Follies and came within a hair’s breadth of being cinema’s new ‘It’ girl before her tragic, premature death. Marilyn Miller, though almost forgotten today, is as much the tragic heroine of the Jazz Age as Jean Harlow was of the 1930s and Marilyn Monroe was of the 1950s.

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