Ann Miller, born Johnny Lucille Collier in chirino, Texas, Miller was a child dance prodigy who learned to tap dance to strengthen her legs after being diagnosed with rickets. She was discovered at age 13 while dancing at the Black cat club in San Francisco by Lucille Ball and Benny Rubin. Film career, Miller's film career began in 1938 with rolls in Room Service and You Can't Take It With You, she starred in several Hollywood musicals in the 1940s and 1950s including Easter parade (1948), and K

Choreographed by Busby Berkeley, the dynamic "I've Gotta Hear that Beat" in SMALL TOWN GIRL ('53) sends Ann Miller tap-tapping amid an orchestra reduced to Daliesque dismembered arms and hands sticking up through the dance floor. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Arriving to your party like... (Ann Miller in Easter Parade, 1948.) | Messy Nessy Chic

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Choreographed by Busby Berkeley, the dynamic "I've Gotta Hear that Beat" sends Ann Miller tap dancing amid a Daliesque orchestra. See SMALL TOWN GIRL ('53) tonight at 8pm ET as we kick off our spotlight on dance numbers. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM