She was 64 years old here, folks! She'd stayed in training, that's clear to see! Love her!!!
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*At 14, she was with Ginger Rogers!!!!*
@DDumbrille2 жыл бұрын
And she was a smoker too. Amazing she danced as long as she did.
@thomasbecker78234 жыл бұрын
She was incredibly nice to her fans! I waited at 14 outside the Papermill Theater and she signed one of my favorite autographs. She brought the house to her feet doing Panama Hattie and looked so beautiful! Years later doing Follies she took pictures with fans. What a Lady! What a talent! Such a a gem!
@briankooker2627 Жыл бұрын
Saw her at Papermill in Follies also. After 'I'm Still Here' you couldn't get the audience back in their seats. Stopped the show. What a show - greatest cast ever.
@ruthnagarya20283 жыл бұрын
God what was she her in her sixties...what a work horse she was! WHAT a talent, I wanted to change my name to Ann because of her!
@JM-lw3nx3 жыл бұрын
Hard to imagine the hours of practice and training that she endured all through her career to put on the shows she did - even towards the end. Always a perfectionist and star!
@MrPerryGrant4 жыл бұрын
She was and always will be the greatest all round singer dancer in Entertainment History. Pure showbiz and the nicest lady ever!
@richardm2394 жыл бұрын
talent , beauty, legs for days , Ann had it all ,she was electric to watch on the screen stars like her and judy will never be seen again ,but we will have them for ever on film !!!!!!!
@RoomscapeLondon4 жыл бұрын
what a class act! love Ann Miller! such energy and talent, and no diva attitude...the golden generation, Today we have Mamma Mia..:(
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*Ann MiLLer, is My #1 Fantasy Lady & Ann MiLLer IS now in the Kingdom!!!*
@flyboy131313 жыл бұрын
Miller, Garland , Astaire, Fitzgerald to name a few truly great talents that are physically gone now , but never forgotten . We owe it to further generations to remember their amazing legacies . Thank God we have their bodies of work digitally or on film that we can enjoy for years to come . The years of joy they’ve given me they’ll never know ...
@raptorfromthe6ix833 Жыл бұрын
Geraldine Fitzgerald
@ceciliadeneira20444 жыл бұрын
They don't make SUPERSTARS like they use too, love her!!!
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*But DO You BeLieve in JeHoVah GOD????*
@hairyscotman3 жыл бұрын
My Mom was a NATIVE HOUSTONIAN and so PROUD of ANN MILLER....my Mom was born in 1930 and there were only 220,000 people in Houston at that time......one of them was ANN MILLER.....what a talent!!!
@harpervalleypeeteeay97084 жыл бұрын
ohhhhhh myyyyyy godddddd.......I cant believe this. The great Ann Miller !!! WOW !!!
@Bixfan784 жыл бұрын
She still had it!!
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*& Ann MiLLer is NOW in the Kingdom for ALL ETERNITY!!!!*
@the-niknak3 жыл бұрын
Man...imagine being able to tap dance with Ann Miller. An absolute privilege it must’ve been.
@gardensenglishandbeauty Жыл бұрын
There is no fakery, there are no gimmicks here, only sheer artistry and craftsmanship. What a dancer she was!
@1pureboy15 ай бұрын
All of the above plus the hours of rehearsal, the daily practice, blood sweat and tears, to make it seem effortless.
@gardensenglishandbeauty5 ай бұрын
@@1pureboy1 Of course :-)
@glenconmc Жыл бұрын
This is just totally amazing. I have the show taped from years ago and seeing this rehearsal just proves even more how fabulous and talented Miss Miller was and is, I adore her xxx
@troyannbladsacker1811 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous! In her sixties and she is still the greatest. Wish her and Eleanor Powell could have had a duet together. That would have been unbelievable. If anyone knows of one, please let me know.
@kennetpon2 жыл бұрын
Wow what a find. I love it. She kept her voice and moves to the end
@TheKelbelle694 жыл бұрын
What an amazing, hard-working, beautiful lady she was! Always loved Annie!
@SRSM1983 жыл бұрын
Ann Miller A dedication of hard work and a treasure to the entertainment industry of an era past but not forgotten
@shamanisis96013 жыл бұрын
Her life story is amazing. At 13 she was a star and everyone thought she was 18. She used a fake birth certificate. So her age is often listed incorrectly. What a gal.
@williamf45444 жыл бұрын
Wow this is amazing - and the more times you watch it the more little details you pick up - like how she even went to the bother of wearing a brooch on her dance suite - and watch her get that guys attention at 4:18 - she knew how to work the crown even in a room with only 5 people in it - Love love love Annne Miller - its people like her that made America great - because they were great
@dudley55335 ай бұрын
What an energetic gal Ann was!!!! She kept her machine gun taps as well as her great spins for a LONG time!
@edsmith58483 жыл бұрын
After seeing her life story, she got my respect - far beyond other Hollywood types. This clip proves she lived to perform w/ excellence.
@Mel-gf7cw Жыл бұрын
How fabulous!! Such professionalism . Loved the rehearsal footage😊
@jndancer2 жыл бұрын
My idol! She still did it old school, recording her taps with a smile on her face. The ultimate professional! Showbiz through and through.
@hairyscotman Жыл бұрын
ALWAYS practice with a smile on your face......then, it's second nature and you smile is always there!!!
@jndancer Жыл бұрын
@@hairyscotman So true!
@thomasbecker78234 жыл бұрын
You can see the whole number by looking under Chasing the Blues 1987....it opens with Lee Roy Reams, Don Correia, Gregg Burge and Hinton Battle doing some amazing tapping on a staircase. Worth it!
@kennetpon2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@tinasawyer4480Ай бұрын
She was amazing at every age.❤
@OscarWilde196414 жыл бұрын
People aren't the best because they work hard, They work hard because they are the best.
@jackanthony9764 жыл бұрын
Why is she tapping in the sound booth? I know that she had to redub her taps in a sound booth for the movies. But this rehearsal was for a live performance. Also didn't she dance to a live orchestra during the performance? Why is the orchestra pre recording the music? Can you enlighten me?
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*I Disagree with the First Part!!!*
@hairyscotman3 жыл бұрын
THEY knew what it took to obtain perfection.....to me, she was the STAR beyond the stars....so much TALENT!!! ....and GORGEOUS!!!
@larrybaby93773 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!!!!! THAT is showbiz!
@ginadyson42142 жыл бұрын
ann miller is my favorite dancer and singer at all times, that s the damm trruth !!!
@Transition3333 жыл бұрын
I just love Ann Miller! That’s not an inner tube around her midriff, it’s a brace from being thrown down the stairs by a husband when she was nine months pregnant. She lost that child. It was the only one she ever had.
@nathanjamesdance3 жыл бұрын
I think the story here is a little confused. The brace was worn in 1948 when the domestic incident happened and Ann miscarried. This was almost 40 years later and the belt she wears, whilst possibly for physical reasons, is not related (directly at least) to the accident you mention.
@znmnky133 жыл бұрын
For the absolute joy of it. What a talent.
@texy812 жыл бұрын
I just love Ann Miller 💖 💃🏻
@rhythmictiger2 жыл бұрын
I love the others are in more workout gear and she's in the red leotard and lipstick. Honestly a mood
@Boertje2472 жыл бұрын
When stars looked fab, could and DID sing while doing their amazing routines: and not some 2 minute fluff, but a whole production number! Amazing lady!
@musicful854 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see her tapping "live" for a change, rather than miming to a dubbed performance! (Also cool to see how the dubbed taps are recorded.)
@kuklafranandollie Жыл бұрын
I don’t think they were recording her taps in the recording booth. I think that was just to ensure the tempo matched the dance moves.
@Mr17051963 Жыл бұрын
One word: TALENT! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@JustNess783 жыл бұрын
It's those spins for me :)
@JCrow-kz4nw3 жыл бұрын
She really does not appear to be winded either. Very impressive.
@TotzkeMike4 жыл бұрын
Go, ANNIE ...!
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*I LOVE Ann MiLLer!!! I've ALREADY Programed, Ann MiLLer, into My BRAIN!!!* *When Doctor says, "Your Time is now short!", I'm Going to Shout Out, "Great"!!!* *"I'm going to Soooon Meet Ann MiLLer!!!!*
@glennfromthebronx3 жыл бұрын
nice. a childhood friend's chosin, Ros Curry, was the lead Sugarbaby, in SUGARBABIS, on Broadway. Ann was such a professional....put VERYTHING on the stage performance.
@enriquesanchez20014 жыл бұрын
TREMENDOUS PHENOMENA!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
@garrygivens16803 жыл бұрын
That was extraordinary to see. A consumant professional. Thanks for sharing the process that went into that performance.
@mp20403 жыл бұрын
Wow fabulous!!! She’s a star ⭐️
@harrymeepharry2 жыл бұрын
I watch this like once a month lol. ICONIC!
@nonenoneonenonenone4 жыл бұрын
What a great number. Walter Painter is a master.
@maxlinder5262 Жыл бұрын
SHE'S A ...W O W ....!!!!
@jeffreybruce76793 жыл бұрын
What a wonder! I am re-posting this because it is so prescient today. True story. My pal, Scot Stewart was in SUGAR BABIES w/Ann. Scot: "Annie, are you working Passover?" Ann: "Oh, honey, I NEVER do game shows!" Gotta love her.
@YouzTube992 жыл бұрын
@Jeffrey Bruce Hilarious! I can hear her saying that while she holds up both hands and pushes the idea away.
@hairyscotman Жыл бұрын
THIS made my day...LOL...spoken like a Texas lady....
@hawby7mgh Жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@renesagahon4477 Жыл бұрын
What a talent that lady had
@elevado900693 жыл бұрын
Incredible; Fabulous; Beautiful-there are not enough words to describe this legend.
@marinatinginwisdom22652 жыл бұрын
Got to love her RIP
@jessfrankel52123 жыл бұрын
Even though she was in her sixties and had put on weight--which was natural--she still had a fastest feet around, faster than Eleanor Powell. Like watching lightning dance across the horizon!
@johnnyregan63513 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and her 1948 solo was stupendous
@blackjakko2 жыл бұрын
I'm exhausted just watching her. How the hell can she do this at her age blows my mind. Work ethic up the ying yang!!! Smiling, arms, keeping perfect time. What an AMAZING woman.
@sashek84513 жыл бұрын
that great big gorgeous smile, too.
@annbush18263 жыл бұрын
As a fellow Texan, I salute not only her unique talent but her courage. I just read the hidden story of her marriage y to the millionaire who threw her down the stairs, killing her unborn child and breaking her back.
@sgd.68303 жыл бұрын
Omg 😢
@raptorfromthe6ix833 Жыл бұрын
😢
@bbrown333Ай бұрын
THAT'S a LEGEND.
@DorisDearNY4 жыл бұрын
joy... pure joy
@VeryGerryNYC4 жыл бұрын
LEGS MILLER!!!
@fkd19634 жыл бұрын
She seemed like a nice lady
@VeryGerryNYC4 жыл бұрын
@@fkd1963 Hardworking and very dedicated to her craft and fans! I love her interviews.
@@VeryGerryNYC *& Ann MiLLer, is NOW in God's Haven, Looking down!*
@Justin.Martyr4 жыл бұрын
*ANN MILLER PROVES that there IS a GOD!!!!*
@Stevebaby1234 жыл бұрын
What a treat. Love her!
@happyexpat37443 жыл бұрын
I remember reading somewhere that she was and remains the fastest tap dancer in history, tapping at, approximately, 1000 taps a minute at full strength. Watching her, as I will this weekend, in "Easter Parade" dancing to "Shaking the Blues Away", alone, tapping her way into history books then with Fred Astaire, more ballroom, in "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" are 2 great numbers My favorite, though....is a song that wasn't originally in the Broadway show though written by the same composer/lyricist, Cole Porter, in "Kiss Me Kate", dancing "From This Moment On" with so many great dancers from Bib Fosse, who they let choreograph his bit with Carol Haney to Tommy Rall (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers...and I believe he was 'Frankincense') .....3 couples dancing amazingly to an amazing song. Imagine that her own father, an esteemed lawyer, forged her birth certificate so she could work at 13 but say she was 18. She was so tall. She was all class, though occasionally played a not so nice hoofer. Left the world too soon but will always be remembered, for her being a performer and archivist in being able to talk about Hollywood when Hollywood was what we believe it to be. Especially MGM! Brava, Ms. Miller.
@nathanjamesdance3 жыл бұрын
627 taps per min were recorded in 1944. It has been beaten a few times since, incl. by a woman in the early 2000's.
@happyexpat37443 жыл бұрын
@@nathanjamesdance Oh well. I do try to be precise but I guess my memory is going to seed. Though I do recall hearing that about her...perhaps I upped the number for the sake of drama! Have a gr8 day!!!
@VeryGerryNYC4 жыл бұрын
Living for this footage!!! Thank you!!!
@nancyf99594 жыл бұрын
Fabulous!
@amazingoldsoul3 жыл бұрын
Legend annie !!! ♥️
@lorilemonade66493 жыл бұрын
This was fun to watch. Thanks so much for posting!
@thefaceofthecentury3 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!!!!!
@BellaFirenze2 жыл бұрын
That is a star.
@mr.b93622 жыл бұрын
She was amazing.
@TheJoaniejoancansew4 жыл бұрын
Shyt! Miss Ann is killin it
@TheNesbittExperience3 жыл бұрын
How lucky are we! Wow!
@oisindurkin4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@leemclaury62513 жыл бұрын
Always a class act !
@manslayer19723 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible.
@charlesperrotti7794 жыл бұрын
What a lady,as a little boy would watch her on Merv Griffin,and learned about all the great stars and she was always dressed to the 9 .
@balletstef4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@robertogrimaldit84242 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@tonyboyart2 жыл бұрын
Shes the best!!
@Norwayson3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic talented lady!
@Jeff201284 жыл бұрын
Ann Miller
@nonenoneonenonenone4 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@Slipslod4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@msgeek7034 жыл бұрын
That's the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th! Yes, I've been there. Film students invited to a Simpsons scoring session.
@shamanisis96013 жыл бұрын
And with a broken back injury no less!
@elmobolan42743 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!
@micheleburdetteelmore2162 Жыл бұрын
What must it have been like to be in the studio with her dancing behind the crew.
@ramborock3136Ай бұрын
copasetic !
@AndrewChoreographer4 жыл бұрын
💙💙💃💙💙🕺
@clickerbootsmoir10124 жыл бұрын
Woman who tap really makes me feel good and hard I love a good woman who knows her taps
@BarbaraPomeroy-ub9px Жыл бұрын
DANG.
@TimothyJonSarris3 жыл бұрын
Immensa 💃💃💃💃
@mariedewitt55064 жыл бұрын
♥️
@FranklyScarlettFaced3 жыл бұрын
“Bug-a-boo”
@Dillondynasty2 жыл бұрын
The old gal did well
@bobinobaker Жыл бұрын
in 1987
@slc24663 жыл бұрын
Love Annie- check out my tribute here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipbQc6GEl8mWfrM
@haineshisway4 жыл бұрын
Who is the choreographer in the rehearsal room? And the director should never be allowed to shoot a musical number - all those pointless shots from behind - what do they do exactly?
@larryblankmusic58774 жыл бұрын
it's Walter Painter
@larryblankmusic58774 жыл бұрын
And Glen Roven was the one conducting Annie in the booth
@haineshisway4 жыл бұрын
@@larryblankmusic5877 He should try smiling once in a while.
@drsunshine19594 жыл бұрын
@@haineshisway He's been in the business for decades - he's done this kind of thing a million times. It's routine stuff for him. Why should he smile? To make you feel warm and fuzzy?
@haineshisway4 жыл бұрын
@@drsunshine1959 Yes, I know he's been in the business for years. Smiling in a rehearsal room is a good thing, but that's just me. Not to make ME warm and fuzzy, you silly twit. To put positivity in the room, you silly twit. Go away.