Marilyn Miller

b. Mary Ellen Reynolds, 1 September 1898, Evansville, Indiana, USA, d. 7 April 1936, New York City, New York, USA. Taking to the stage with her family's vaudeville act while still a small child, Miller had a decade of stage experience behind her when she first appeared on Broadway at the age of 16. Singing and dancing, and at first using the spelling Marilynn, she appeared in revues produced by the Shubert Brothers and Florenz Ziegfeld. Her first starring role on Broadway was in Ziegfeld's Sally (1921), which co-starred Leon Errol and Walter Catlett. Among the songs from this ...