Vera-Ellen Biography

Fast Facts

• Got her big break when she won the "Major Bowes Amateur Hour" at the age of 13
• Made her Broadway debut in the 1939 production "Very Warm for May․"
• Was best known for her dancing ability in various films
• Well known for her role in the film "Words and Music․"
• Was one of the youngest dancers to be hired as a Radio City Rockette
• While a child, she took dance lessons alongside Doris Day
• Despite having singing parts in the film "White Christmas," her real singing voice is only heard during the opening lines of the song "Snow․"