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Collier, Johnnie Lucille Anne (Actress "Ann Miller")

American singer, dancer and actress known professionally as Ann Miller, she was the daughter of John A. Collier and Clara Emma Birdwell. Johnnie took up dancing at a young age to exercise her legs to help overcome rickets. Born in Chireno, Texas, she lived with her parents in Houston until her parents divorced in the early 1930's when she was 10. After this, she and her mother moved to California. Ann began dancing professionaly in the 1930's, at the age 13, to help support herself and her mother.

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