Ann Miller, nascuda Johnnie Lucille Collier (Houston, Texas, 12 d'abril de 1923 - Los Angeles, Califòrnia, 22 de gener de 2004), va ser una actriu, ballarina i cantant nord-americana. Se la recorda sobretot pel seu treball als musicals de cinema clàssic de Hollywood dels anys quaranta i cinquanta.

约翰尼·露西尔·科利尔（1923 年 4 月 12 日 - 2004 年 1 月 22 日），专业名称为安·米勒，是一位美国舞蹈家、歌手和女演员。她最被人们铭记的是她在 1940 年代和 1950 年代古典好莱坞音乐电影中的工作。

1936 年，13 岁的米勒成为 Bal Tabarin 的一名表演女郎。她被聘为旧金山“黑猫俱乐部”的舞者（据报道，她告诉他们她18岁）。正是在那里，她被露西尔·鲍尔（Lucille Ball）和星探/喜剧演员本尼·鲁宾（Benny Rubin）发现（尽管一些消息来源说这发生在巴尔塔巴林）。这导致米勒在 1936 年 13 岁时与 RKO 签订了合同（她还告诉他们她 18 岁，并且显然提供了一张由她父亲购买的假出生证明——名字为“露西·安·科利尔”），她一直呆在那里直到 1940 年。

1941 年，她与哥伦比亚电影公司签约，从 Time Out for Rhythm 开始，她从 1941 年到 1945 年出演了 11 部 B 级电影音乐剧。1945 年 7 月，第二次世界大战仍在太平洋肆虐，她穿着泳衣摆出 Yank 杂志别针女郎的姿势。她于 1946 年以一部“A”级电影《巴西的快感》结束了她的合同。《生活》杂志的广告中，米勒的腿穿着一条大而红色的蝴蝶结长袜，作为“Thrill”中的“T”。她终于在 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 音乐剧中崭露头角，例如复活节游行 （1948）、在镇上 （1949） 和 吻我凯特 （1953）。

米勒以踢踏舞的速度而闻名。工作室的公关人员编造了新闻稿，声称她每分钟可以敲击500次，但事实上，超快的“500”敲击声后来被循环播放。由于舞台地板是打蜡的，对于普通的踢踏鞋来说太光滑了，她不得不穿着鞋底有橡胶胎面的鞋子跳舞。后来，她会在看电影时循环播放踢踏声，并在“踢踏板”上跳舞，以配合她在电影中的步伐。

她的电影生涯实际上在1956年结束了，因为制片厂系统失去了电视的动力，但她仍然活跃在剧院和电视上。她于 1969 年在百老汇出演了音乐剧《Mame》，其中她以专为她创作的踢踏舞让观众惊叹不已。1979年，她与米高梅资深人士米奇·鲁尼（Mickey Rooney）一起在百老汇演出《糖宝贝》（Sugar Babies）中震惊了观众，该剧在百老汇演出后在美国进行了广泛的巡回演出。1983年，她因在芝加哥剧院的工作而获得莎拉·西登斯奖。她出现在 1982 年的《爱之船》特别剧集中，与演艺界传奇人物埃塞尔·梅尔曼、卡罗尔·钱宁、德拉·里斯、范·约翰逊和卡布·卡洛威一起出现在故事情节中，将他们塑造成该剧常规角色的年长亲戚。她的最后一次舞台表演是 1998 年斯蒂芬·桑德海姆 （Stephen Sondheim） 的《愚蠢》（Follies） 的制作，她在剧中扮演顽固的卡洛塔·坎皮恩 （Carlotta Campion），并因演绎歌曲“I'm Still Here”而广受好评。

由于她对电影业的贡献，米勒在好莱坞大道 6914 号的好莱坞星光大道上有一颗星。1998 年，加利福尼亚州棕榈泉的金棕榈星勋章 Walk of Stars 献给了她。为了纪念米勒对舞蹈的贡献，史密森学会展示了她最喜欢的一双踢踏鞋，她开玩笑地给它起了个绰号“萌和乔”。

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Johnnie Lucille Collier (April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004), known professionally as Ann Miller, was an American dancer, singer and actress. She is best remembered for her work in the Classical Hollywood musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.

At age 13 in 1936, Miller became a showgirl at the Bal Tabarin. She was hired as a dancer in the "Black Cat Club" in San Francisco (she reportedly told them she was 18). It was there that she was discovered by Lucille Ball and talent scout/comic Benny Rubin (although some sources say this occurred at Bal Tabarin). This led Miller to be given a contract with RKO in 1936 at the age of 13 (she had also told them she was 18, and apparently provided a fake birth certificate, procured by her father - with the name "Lucy Ann Collier") and she remained there until 1940.

In 1941, she signed with Columbia Pictures, where, starting with Time Out for Rhythm, she starred in 11 B movie musicals from 1941 to 1945. In July 1945, with World War II still raging in the Pacific, she posed in a bathing suit as a Yank magazine pin-up girl. She ended her contract in 1946 with one "A" film, The Thrill of Brazil. The ad in Life magazine featured Miller's leg in a large, red, bow-tied stocking as the "T" in "Thrill". She finally hit her mark in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals such as Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949) and Kiss Me Kate (1953).

Miller was famed for her speed in tap dance. Studio publicists concocted press releases claiming she could tap 500 times per minute, but in truth, the sound of ultra-fast "500" taps was looped in later. Because the stage floors were waxed and too slick for regular tap shoes, she had to dance in shoes with rubber treads on the sole. Later she would loop the sound of the taps while watching the film and actually dancing on a "tap board" to match her steps in the film.

Her film career effectively ended in 1956 as the studio system lost steam to television, but she remained active in the theater and on television. She starred on Broadway in the musical Mame in 1969, in which she wowed the audience in a tap number created just for her. In 1979 she astounded audiences in the Broadway show Sugar Babies with fellow MGM veteran Mickey Rooney, which toured the United States extensively after its Broadway run. In 1983, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. She appeared in a special 1982 episode of The Love Boat, joined by fellow showbiz legends Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Della Reese, Van Johnson and Cab Calloway in a storyline that cast them as older relatives of the show's regular characters. Her last stage performance was a 1998 production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, in which she played hardboiled Carlotta Campion and received rave reviews for her rendition of the song "I'm Still Here".

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Miller has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6914 Hollywood Blvd. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. To honor Miller's contribution to dance, the Smithsonian Institution displays her favorite pair of tap shoes, which she playfully nicknamed "Moe and Joe".