MARILYN MILLER ,BROADWAY MUSICAL STAR BORN 1898 SEPTEMBER 1 - 1936 APRIL 7
MARILYN MILLER ,BROADWAY MUSICAL STAR BORN 1898 SEPTEMBER 1 - 1936 APRIL 7 Marilyn Miller (born Mary Ellen Reynolds ; September 1, 1898 – April 7, 1936) was one of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and early 1930s. She was an accomplished tap dancer , singer and actress , and the combination of these talents endeared her to audiences. On stage, she usually played rags-to-riches Cinderella characters who lived happily ever after. Her enormous popularity and famed image were in distinct contrast to her personal life, which was marred by disappointment, tragedy, frequent illness, and ultimately her sudden death due to complications of nasal surgery at age 37. Early life [ edit ] Marilyn Miller was born in 1898 in Evansville, Indiana, the youngest daughter of Edwin D. Reynolds, a telephone lineman, and his first wife, the former Ada Lynn Thompson. [1] [2] The tiny, delicately featured blonde was only four years old wh...