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1923-2004 Ann Miller was born on April 12, 1923 in Chireno, Texas; and died January 22, 2004 in Los Angeles, of lung cancer, at age 81 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She made a bunch of movies -- mainly musical comedies in the the 30s and 40s -- but it seems like no obit on her mentions her best film and performance -- David Lynch's greatest masterpiece, Mulholland Drive (2001). She has a decent sized supporting role, and is very good. Before that the last film she had been in was a cameo in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); and before that her last film appearances were in 1956 (The Great American Pastime and The Opposite Sex), the year she turned 33. Here's an example, an AP obit about her funeral:
Movies and Film: Hollywood Stars Attend Ann Miller Funeral LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stars of 1930s and 1940s Hollywood rose for a standing ovation after a funeral Mass for actress and fast-tapping dancer Ann Miller, who died last week of lung cancer. Anne Jeffries, Esther Williams, Ann Rutherford and others said they would remember Miller's charm, glamour and flamboyance. Actor Morgan Woodward noted Miller's collection of dozens of fur coats. "She dressed like a star. She lived like a star," longtime Paramount producer A.C. Lyles said in a eulogy Wednesday at St. Mel Catholic Church in Woodland Hills, which was decorated with red and yellow roses. "She could move like a gazelle, could dance faster than a dervish," Woodward added. "All with a gorgeous figure and the best-looking legs." Miller was a childhood dance prodigy who machine gun-tapped her way to movie stardom that peaked in 1940s musicals like On the Town, Easter Parade and Kiss Me Kate. But she remained a dazzling tapper later in life, earning millions on Broadway. She died Jan. 22 at age 81 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Monsignor Padraic Loftus, who baptized Miller shortly before she died, said, "What a way to spend a life -- bringing joy and happiness to millions of people." Jan 29 2004 8:19AM Miller
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