Marilyn Miller

1898 Evansville, Indiana – 1936 New York, New York

BiographyMarilyn Miller, born Mary Ellen Reynolds, 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. Jack Pickford, actor and director, was her second of four husbands.

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