Buzz Miller ( December - February ) was an American dancer who was
equally at home on Broadway and in contemporary ballet and modern
dance.Vernal Miller, known from boyhood as Buzz, was born in
Snowflake, Arizona, a small town in Navajo County founded by Mormon
pioneers and colonizers. Raised in a family with two brothers and a
sister, he was educated in local schools. After graduation from high
school, he joined the U.S. Army and spent two years as a front lines
messenger on active duty in World War II. He was honorably discharged
from military service after being injured in combat. In , when he was
years old, he began his dance studies with Mia Slavenska, a glamorous
Croatian ballerina, in Hollywood, California. After only nine months
of study, he got his first professional dancing job.Once he began
training, Miller soon showed an unusual talent for jazz dance and he
quickly found employment as a professional dancer. He toured night
clubs and cabarets in London and Paris with Kay Thompson and the
Williams Brothers () and in cities around the United States with the
Jack Cole Dancers. Thereafter, he appeared in numerous Broadway shows
and Hollywood films., demonstrating his facility for the quirky
jazz-based choreography of Jack Cole and Bob Fosse.Miller reprised his
dancing role in The Pajama Game in the Hollywood film made in . Doris
Day and John Raitt played the leading roles. Other films in which
Miller appeared included On the Riviera (), There's No business Like
Show Business (), Anything Goes (), and Justine (). Besides his work
in films, he appeared on numerous American television shows, including
Camera Three, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Arthur Godfrey Show.
equally at home on Broadway and in contemporary ballet and modern
dance.Vernal Miller, known from boyhood as Buzz, was born in
Snowflake, Arizona, a small town in Navajo County founded by Mormon
pioneers and colonizers. Raised in a family with two brothers and a
sister, he was educated in local schools. After graduation from high
school, he joined the U.S. Army and spent two years as a front lines
messenger on active duty in World War II. He was honorably discharged
from military service after being injured in combat. In , when he was
years old, he began his dance studies with Mia Slavenska, a glamorous
Croatian ballerina, in Hollywood, California. After only nine months
of study, he got his first professional dancing job.Once he began
training, Miller soon showed an unusual talent for jazz dance and he
quickly found employment as a professional dancer. He toured night
clubs and cabarets in London and Paris with Kay Thompson and the
Williams Brothers () and in cities around the United States with the
Jack Cole Dancers. Thereafter, he appeared in numerous Broadway shows
and Hollywood films., demonstrating his facility for the quirky
jazz-based choreography of Jack Cole and Bob Fosse.Miller reprised his
dancing role in The Pajama Game in the Hollywood film made in . Doris
Day and John Raitt played the leading roles. Other films in which
Miller appeared included On the Riviera (), There's No business Like
Show Business (), Anything Goes (), and Justine (). Besides his work
in films, he appeared on numerous American television shows, including
Camera Three, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Arthur Godfrey Show.
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