Was the dancer Ann Miller actually born in a small east Texas town and related to a Birdwell family? ?
makes story, , ann miller's publicity noted johnnie lucille collier born in chireno, nacogdoches, texas, offficial birth certificate texas birth index reads, "johnnie lucille collier, 12 april 1923, harris" (the county houston located).
miss miller's father, john alfred collier (b. 1888 in georgia), criminal attorney reputedly defended barrow gang, machine gun kelly, , baby faced nelson. mother, clara emma birdwell (b. 1892 in sabine, texas; d. 11 jul 1981 in los angeles, california) daughter of henry w. birdwell (b. 11 nov 1864 in newton county, texas) , lucynthia lucinda smith (b. 13 jan 1889 in kentucky; d. 1923 in texas). miss miller's official biography notes maternal grandmother cherokee, genealogical chart found online @ ancestry.com gives no evidence of this.
miss miller studied piano, violin, , dance young girl in houston, moved mother california when around ten-years-old after colliers' marriage fell apart. performed @ civic clubs, dancing support herself , mother whereupon discovered @ age 13 comic , talent agent, benny rubin, @ time escorting lucille ball.
miss miller married 3 times: reese llewellyn milner (16 feb 1946), bill moss (22 aug 1958), , arthur cameron (1961). miss miller supposedly gave birth milner's daughter died 3 hours after born. pregnant miss miller supposedly fell downstairs, fall resulted in baby's death; shortly afterwards, miss miller asked divorce first husband.
miss miller died 22 january 2004 @ cedar sinai medical center in los angeles, california. buried in holy cross cemetery in culver city along baby daughter.
she 1 of favorite actresses when young. genealogy experts around?
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