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Mary Milner. Daughter of Ann Miller and Reese Milner at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Ann was pregnant with Mary in her last trimester when her husband pushed her down the stairs, breaking her back and went into early labor. The baby Mary only lived three hours. Her mother was interred with her.
- She Had A Terrible Illness
- She Was A Prodigy
- She Caught Her Father Red-Handed
- She Protected Her Mother
- She Had No Choice
- She Knocked Their Socks Off
- She Wasn't Old Enough
- She Lied Through Her Teeth
- She Had The Perfect Breakout Role
- She Danced with Her Idol
Born April 12, 1923, Johnnie Lucille Collier had a long way to go before becoming Ann Miller, a dancing Hollywood sensation. Growing up in Houston, Texas, little Ann had her fair share of hardship. For one, her health was terrible, and before the age of five, she'd already been diagnosed with rickets. But unbeknownst to her, this was a blessing in ...
Worried about her daughter's weak legs, Ann's mother Clara placed her in dance lessons. To everyone's delight, Ann absolutely shone on stage. Recognizing her daughter's talent, Clara tried to push her daughter into becoming a ballerina. However, Ann had something else in mind. What she loved most about dance were the pulsing rhythms—the drums and t...
When she was only nine years old, Ann's family came apart at the seams. On one devastating occasion, Ann and her mother arrived home to find her father, John Collier, in bed with another woman. In fact, it was Ann who noticed her father's mistress in the window and tried to shield her mother from the heartbreaking sight. But that wasn't all. Biogra...
Disgusted with her father, Ann walked straight through the front door and yelled, "Get out of my mother's home." After that, everything was different. Because of her father's infidelity, she and her mother turned their backs on him entirely; they packed their bags and headed to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, her hopes of a prosperous fresh start were ...
Because Ann's mother was deaf, finding a job and a steady income was a constant struggle. Sometimes, Ann and Clara weren't able to put food on the table. And so, from a very young age, the responsibility of keeping them afloat fell to Ann. In many ways, she had to become the mother. Determined to make some money, 11-year-old Ann strapped on her dan...
In 1936, Ann began dancing at the renowned Bal Tabarin, a San Francisco club and one of the hottest city spots. One night, actress Lucille Ball and talent scout Benny Rubin sat in the audience, watching Ann's performance. Needless to say, they were deeply impressed. Afterward, Rubin came to Ann and offered to secure her an acting contract with RKO ...
Rubin told Ann that the contract was hers as long as she could prove that she was 18 years old. This was a massiveissue because, of course, Ann was only 13. Desperate to make this opportunity a reality, Ann had no choice but to turn to her cheating father for help. As a lawyer, John Collier had the power to give his daughter exactly what she wanted...
To get her foot in the door, Ann had her father break the law for her: He made her a fake certificate "proving" to RKO studios that his daughter was actually 18. To complete the ruse, her mother also offered her some key advice on how to act like an adult: "Always dress impeccably, wear makeup, and keep your mouth shut." With this mature facade in ...
The very same year, Ann landed a small role in Stage Door, and it was practically a dream come true. She starred with not only Katharine Hepburn, but one of her greatest idols, dancing royalty Ginger Rogers. When Ann learned that Ginger needed a partner for one of the numbers, she begged director Gregory La Cava to give her the part. When La Cava t...
To drive her pitch home, Ann Miller told director Gregory La Cava, "I can wear a higher top hat and a lower heel—if she could put on a little higher heel and a little lower top hat." This was the right thing to say. Ginger Rogers began laughing her head off, and before La Cava could say anything, she cried, "Okay string bean, you got it." Unsurpris...
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Sep 26, 2019 · A 17th century English girl named Mary Milner stitched a band sampler with richly embroidered bands, whitework, and alphabets and verses. The sampler is part of a group of 30 known band samplers that share a set of features and a style of needlework. Learn more about Mary's life, her family, and her teachers from Cooper Hewitt's blog.
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Mary Ann Milner was due to go the gallows atop the Cobb Tower of Lincoln Castle at noon on Friday the 30th of July 1847 for the murder by arsenic poisoning of her sister in law. However on the eve of her execution she hanged herself with a silk scarf that she had worn at her trial.
When Mary Milner was born on 12 November 1946, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Rees Llewellyn Milner, was 30 and her mother, Johnnie Lucille Collier, was 23.
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