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Ann Miller (1923-2004) was an American actress, singer and dancer. Miller is best known for her musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Highlights of her movie career would be 1949’s On The Town, 1953’s Kiss Me Kate and a supporting role in the cult classic, David Lynch directed, Mulholland Drive (2001). Her IMDb page shows over 50 acting credits from 1934 to 2001. This page will rank 35 Ann Miller movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, uncredited roles and a few of her early 1940s (could not find box office) movies were not included in the rankings.
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Between 1942 and 1945 Ann Miller was in 6 movies in which she was the top-billed lead but they were of little importance and she hadno major co-stars in them. Larry Parks was in three of them [Jam Session [uncredited] Hey Rookie and Reveille with Beverley] but he was not a big star then though those films were among those that established him as a leading man pre-Jolson.
Indeed your comprehensive tables provide evidence of how unremarkable the 6 movies were by crediting them with (1) $200 million US adjusted gross in total, averaging approx. only $34 million per movie (2) an unremarkable average critical rating of 63.3%.
Indeed when a major star was in one of her movies such as Sinatra & Kelly in On the Town, Garland and Astaire in Easter Parade and Kathryn Grayson in Lovely to Look At, Ann did not get even equal billing.
Whilst her big-screen movie career spanned an astonishing 67 years from 1934 until 2001 it effectively ended in 1956 after which she made just 2 more films, in 1976 and 2001. She had a brief cameo in the first and a supporting role in the second.
However she did a fair amount of stage work in the 20 years 1968-1988 and made a last stage appearance in 1998. She also performed on television including TV movies such as 1971’s Dames at Sea top-starring Ann-Margret.
When I was growing up Ann Miller was a household name [albeit one of the lesser ones] among movie buffs like me and she was a firm favourite with lovers of musicals so [despite the Master’s signature hatchet-job on her acting skills] this new page is welcomed with “Voted Up” – high, high, high!
Hey Bob. Thanks for the thoughts on Ann Miller. Growing up I vaguely known the name. Mainly for work on Sugar Daddies. Not that I saw that show or even wanted to see that show….but the name of the show was the same name of a candy I liked….so that helped it stay registered in my mind. I agree with you 100% on her billing. Once even a remotely known star showed up…her billing would drop. Her best movies she was probably lucky to snag a Top 5 spot.
As for Larry Parks….my mom loves his two Jolson movies….so I have been aware of him for years…but since doing this website….his “troubled” career has reached my radar. One day he will get some UMR spotlight shown on him. Glad this Miller tribute brought some long gone memories back to the surface. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE Thanks for feedback and additional observations. A slender Dan-like link comes to mind from your mentioning Ann and Sugar Daddies and the fact that Ann was in Astaire’s Easter Parade.
As I’ve mentioned before in his movies the ageing Astaire was among those who enjoyed being addressed as “young man” by others even younger than he was.
However in 1955’s Daddy Long Legs 56 year old Fred strikes up a pen-friendship with 24 Leslie Caron whom he has never met and he proudly says to his best pal who disapproves of the relationship “She has nicknamed me her Daddy Long Legs,” to which the pal retorts disgustedly “Daddy Sugar you mean!”
Hey Bob…funny story on Daddy Long Legs, Sugar Baby, Daddy Sugar, Astaire and Caron. Good feedback.
I saw You Can’t Take it With You at the Regency Revival Theater in 1979. I have actually seen Reveille with Beverly in a revival movie theater. I also have a book in my collection “Ann Miller Tops in Taps: An Authorized Pictorial History.
Anyone remember her Campbell’s soup commercial where she did a big number, it was supposedly the first million dollar commercial.
Ann is not or never was on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the December 15, 2018 list she appeared with.
48 JOHN CARRADINE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
79 BRUCE DERN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
153 ROBERT FORSTER Mulholland Dr. (2001)
170 LESLIE NIELSEN The Opposite Sex (1956)
214 NAOMI WATTS Mulholland Dr. (2001)
227 KEENAN WYNN Kiss Me Kate (1953)
227 KEENAN WYNN Texas Carnival (1951)
227 KEENAN WYNN The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
228 JOSE FERRER Deep in My Heart (1954)
307 DAN HEDAYA Mulholland Dr. (2001)
308 GLENN FORD Go West, Young Lady (1941)
375 TERI GARR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
382 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. A Century of Cinema (1994)
487 MARCEL DALIO Lovely to Look at (1952)
512 KEYE LUKE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
605 LIONEL STANDER Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
613 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
634 DEBBIE REYNOLDS Hit the Deck (1955)
661 ANN DORAN You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Deep in My Heart (1954)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Hit the Deck (1955)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
687 FRANK SINATRA On the Town (1949)
687 FRANK SINATRA Reveille with Beverly (1943)
687 FRANK SINATRA The Kissing Bandit (1948)
691 DUB TAYLOR What’s Buzzin’, Cousin? (1943)
691 DUB TAYLOR You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
698 ALDO RAY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
700 VERA MILES Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
734 JAMES WHITMORE Kiss Me Kate (1953)
770 MADELINE KAHN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
784 CESAR ROMERO The Good Fairy (1935)
794 JOAN COLLINS The Opposite Sex (1956)
805 CHARLES LANE You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
867 PETER LAWFORD Easter Parade (1948)
867 PETER LAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
869 RICHARD ANDERSON Hit the Deck (1955)
909 JAMES STEWART You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
942 RUSS TAMBLYN Deep in My Heart (1954)
942 RUSS TAMBLYN Hit the Deck (1955)
966 JIM BACKUS Deep in My Heart (1954)
966 JIM BACKUS The Opposite Sex (1956)
970 YVONNE DE CARLO Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
975 LEE GRANT Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Ann appeared with 14 Oscar winners, not that many and none with first names that start after the letter L.
ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
DEAN JAGGER Having Wonderful Time (1938)
FRANK SINATRA On the Town (1949)
FRANK SINATRA Reveille with Beverly (1943)
FRANK SINATRA The Kissing Bandit (1948)
GEORGE BURNS A Century of Cinema (1994)
GINGER ROGERS Having Wonderful Time (1938)
GINGER ROGERS Stage Door (1937)
JAMES STEWART You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
JANE DARWELL Hit the Deck (1955)
JESSICA TANDY A Century of Cinema (1994)
JOSE FERRER Deep in My Heart (1954)
KATHARINE HEPBURN Stage Door (1937)
LEE GRANT Mulholland Dr. (2001)
LIONEL BARRYMORE You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
LIZA MINNELLI A Century of Cinema (1994)
How could I forget, I saw her on Broadway in Sugar Babies with Mickey Rooney.
Hey Dan…..Glad you got the chance to see her in Sugar Babies. I remember when that show was on Broadway. That is actually an impressive accomplishment….as the young Cogerson paid no attention to what was going in the “stage world” of entertainment.
Hey Dan…..at first….your “Does anybody remember her Campbell Soup commercial?” found cobwebs in my brain….but after looking at the commercial on You Tube….it came rushing back. Thanks for digging out that long buried memory. Here is the commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFnqhefkQJw
Hey Dan. Thanks for putting together these lists. Glad you got to see those classic movies on the big screen….especially You Can’t Take It With You…which one a Best Picture Oscar Winner. Not surprised that she was never on the Oracle list. Pretty cool that you have that Ann Miller book. This begs me to ask the question…How many movie books do you own? I have about 100 books (and no they are not all mine…lol). Frequent co-stars of Miller….would be Walter Pidgeon, Keenan Wynn and Frank Sinatra. As for the Oscar winners…14 is on the low side….I guess Oscar winners do not do much dancing and singing. Good feedback.
Ann Miller is one of my favourite dancers. I’m glad she finally got a UMR page. In regards to Steve wondering who was a better tap dancer, Miller or Eleanor Powell, Miller said that she considered Powell to be the best. Miller was 14 when she appeared in Stage Door. I am surprised you don’t remember Miller in movies, Bruce. Her dancing is amazing.
I have seen 16 Ann Miller movies. I have seen 9 of her top 10 movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is You Can’t Take it With You.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Room Service.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Kissing Bandit.
Favourite Ann Miller Movies:
On The Town
Easter Parade
Kiss Me Kate
You Can’t Take it With You
Stage Door
Hit the Deck
Two Tickets To Broadway
Mulholland Drive
Other Ann Miler Movies I Have Seen:
Deep in My Heart
Lovely to Look At
Having Wonderful Time
The Opposite Sex
Go West Young Lady
Small Town Girl
Too Many Girls
The Kissing Bandit
p.s. not sure why 2017 The Shape of Water picture is included on this page.
Oops! I listed Hit the Deck twice.
Hey Flora….you comment now shows you hitting the deck once versus the hitting the deck twice like you originally had. I like this new edit button….I can fix things on the page versus having to go to another area to find and correct the error.
Hey Flora
1. Thanks for the visit, comment and tally count.
2. Tally count…Flora 16….me 7 and Steve 6.
3. Nice comparison between Powell and Miller. I guess I will go with Miller’s opinion on this question.
4. As for Stage Door….I saw that movie many many years ago….it is probably time for a re-watch….as most of the movie has faded away…..though I do remember how awesome the cast was.
5. The six Anne Miller movies that I have seen are all listed in your favorites list….so thinking I have seen some of her better movies.
6. Gotta admit…surprised Mulholland Drive is not only a movie you have seen, but a movie you enjoyed. I enjoyed that one, on a repeat viewing….even think I have figured out that David Lynch riddle box as well.
7. The Shape of Water was left over from our Octavia Spencer page..I have since deleted that photo…good catch.
Thanks as always for the great feedback.
Ann Miller, one of the best tap dancers in Hollywood history, and one of the fastest too, was she better than Eleanor Powell? I don’t know, it’s close.
I’ve seen just 6 of the 35 films listed, less than I thought. They are Easter Parade, On the Town, Kiss Me Kate, You Can’t Take it With You, Room Service and Mulholland Drive.
On the Town is one of my all time favorite musicals, Easter Parade and Kiss Me Kate are high up too. I can’t remember her in Mulholland Drive she must have been quite old.
Ann was only 15 when she appeared with the Marx Bros in Room Service, she lied about her age claiming she was 18.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Wow…I top your tally? Granted it is only by one movie…but still….I am stunned. I have read about her numerous times in my Joel book….yet she never really registered with me. Although I have seen 7 of her movies, her performances have not remained in my memory. I remember Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra in On The Town, I remember Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive, I vaguely remember her in Kiss Me Kate….seems like she was always playing “the other woman”. Good trivia about her lying about her age to get a role in Room Service. She starred opposite so many entertainment legends…just thinking about the stories makes me smile. Thanks for the feedback,
“Ann Miller’s acting is one-dimensional. Her dancing, however – aided by sleek, long legs — is extraordinary, a major asset to some of MGM’s best musicals.”
Ann Miller Rating The Movie Stars overall ranking….2.38 stars out of 4.00 stars.
4 Star performances for Miller in “The Book”
1949’s On The Town
1953’s Kiss Me Kate
3 Star Performances for Miller
1937’s New Faces of 1937
1937’s Stage Door
1938’s You Can’t Take It With You
1948’s Easter Parade
1951’s Texas Carnival
1952’s Lovely To Look At
1953’s Small Town Girl
1954’s Deep In My Heart
1955’s Hit The Deck
1956’s The Opposite Sex
Always good to get some feedback from Joel’s book on the website…..getting real close to having 300 UMR pages done on the 410 actors/actresses Joel wrote about in his book.