| Full Name | Vera-Ellen |
| Net Worth | $300,000 |
| Date Of Birth | February 16, 1921 |
| Died | August 30, 1981, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Death Cause | Cancer |
| Place Of Birth | Norwood, Ohio, USA |
| Height | 1.63 m |
| Occupation | Actress, Dancer |
| Profession | Actor, Dancer |
| Spouse | Victor Rothschild, Robert Hightower |
| Children | Victoria Ellen Rothschild |
| Parents | Martin Rohe, Alma Catherine Westmeier |
| Nicknames | Vera-Ellen |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0893584 |
| Movies | White Christmas, On the Town, Three Little Words, Wonder Man, Call Me Madam, Words and Music, The Belle of New York, Let's Be Happy, Happy Go Lovely, Love Happy, The Kid from Brooklyn, Big Leaguer, Three Little Girls in Blue, Carnival in Costa Rica |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Quote |
|---|
| 1 | [when she was ill in 1977 and interviewed in a tabloid] I'm retired. I stopped when I was ahead. I don't need my work anymore, and I don't need the applause. |
| 2 | [on raising eyebrows on Oscar night 1958, wearing a form-fitting gold lame sheath] Why not? It's the way Oscar dresses. |
| 3 | I'm a dancer and I can never really get away from my career. On the days when I don't dance at the studio, I have to practice for at least an hour in the evening to keep in shape. Dancing is like breathing -- missing a day doing either is very bad. |
| 4 | The six boys who danced with me in this show escorted me to the depot and their farewell wish was to remember me dancing, so right there on the station platform we went into our routine as best we could under the circumstances. Naturally we attracted quite a crowd and we got so involved in our dancing, I almost missed the train but the boys managed to get me on just as the train pulled out. |
| 5 | I don't remember if I liked [dancing] because I was good at it, or if I was good at it because I liked it. Maybe a little of both. |
| 6 | I was called a bookish child. Mother sent me to a ballet teacher in Cincinnati when I was nine years old. I guess I was an awkward child and the family wanted me to be graceful. When I found out I liked to dance and people seemed to like to watch me, I was determined to go places. |
| 7 | Fred Astaire will never say, though he's always asked, which of his dancing ladies was his favorite partner. If you ask me, he preferred the solo turns. |
| # | Fact |
|---|
| 1 | She was originally slated to star in Excuse My Dust (1951) with Red Skelton however she had to be replaced as she was in London filming Happy Go Lovely (1951) and would not finish that film in time. |
| 2 | Her singing in 'Three Litte Words' was dubbed by Anita Ellis. |
| 3 | She was a lifelong Republican and a solid supporter of Ronald Reagan especially. |
| 4 | It has been reported that she appeared in "Major Bowes' Amateur Theatre of the Air" in 1935, but that remains unconfirmed. |
| 5 | She was a Radio City Rockette but was fired after two weeks because she showed too much individuality on stage. |
| 6 | In 1977 a gossip columnist reported that the baby Vera-Ellen lost in the 60s had died from SIDS. |
| 7 | Her first Broadway appearance was in "Very Warm for May," co-directed by future MGM filmmaker Vincente Minelli and featuring future MGM co-worker June Allyson in the chorus. |
| 8 | Fred Astaire said about her, "She was a real accomplished dancer, that girl. Ballet, tap dancing, anything you wanted to do. |
| 9 | One of the few actresses to have danced with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in the movies, other actresses that have also done this includes Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Debbie Reynolds, and Leslie Caron. |
| 10 | She was known to have the smallest waist in Hollywood from the mid 1940s through the 1960s. |
| 11 | On March 3, 1963, she gave birth to a daughter named Victoria Ellen Rothschild, who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on June 20th of that same year. All of this took place in Los Angeles County. |
| 12 | Was once a drum majorette in high school. |
| 13 | Went to the same Cincinnati ballroom dance studio as a child as Doris Day. Their parents used to carpool together to the dance studio. |
| 14 | Suffered from anorexia for years, which led to premature aging |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| That's Entertainment! III | 1994 | Documentary performer: "On the Town" 1944, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" 1936 - uncredited | |
| That's Dancing! | 1985 | Documentary performer: "Thinking of You" | |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1956-1958 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| Let's Be Happy | 1957 | performer: "Let's Be Happy", "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", "I'm Going to Scotland" - uncredited | |
| White Christmas | 1954 | "White Christmas", uncredited / performer: "Sisters", "The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing", "Snow", "Mandy", "Choreography", "Abraham", "Gee! I Wish I Was Back in the Army" - uncredited | |
| Call Me Madam | 1953 | performer: "It's a Lovely Day Today", "The Ocarina", "Something To Dance About", "Finale: You're Just In Love/Something to Dance About" | |
| The Belle of New York | 1952 | performer: "Let a Little Love Come In", "Baby Doll", "Oops", "A Bride's Wedding Day Song Currier and Ives", "Naughty but Nice" - uncredited | |
| Happy Go Lovely | 1951 | performer: "MacIntosh's Wedding", "One-Two-Three", "Would You - Could You?", "London Town" uncredited | |
| Three Little Words | 1950 | performer: "Where Did You Get That Girl?", "Mr. and Mrs. Hoofer at Home" uncredited, "Come on, Papa", "Nevertheless", "Thinking of You" | |
| On the Town | 1949 | performer: "Miss Turnstiles", "A Day in New York", "Main Street" uncredited, "On the Town" uncredited | |
| Love Happy | 1949 | performer: "Love Happy" 1949, "Willow Weep for Me" 1949 | |
| Words and Music | 1948 | performer: "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | |
| Carnival in Costa Rica | 1947 | "I'LL KNOW IT'S LOVE" / performer: "I'LL KNOW IT'S LOVE", "RUMBA BOMBA", "GUI-PI-PIA", "MI VIDA", "WEDDING DANCE" | |
| Three Little Girls in Blue | 1946 | performer: "On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "A Farmer's Life Is a Very Merry Life", "I Like Mike" - uncredited | |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | 1946 | performer: "Hey! What's Your Name?" 1946, "Josie" 1946 | |
| Wonder Man | 1945 | performer: "Bali Boogie" 1945, "So in Love" 1945 | |
$300,000
