Miriam Nelson

Personal Info

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Crew

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-09-21 (96 years old)

Deathday

2018-08-12

Place of Birth

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Miriam Nelson

Biography

Miriam Lois Frankel was born in Chicago on Sept. 21, 1919, the only child of Daniel Frankel, a salesman who later produced nightclub shows, and Miriam Elizabeth (Bly) Frankel, a seamstress who went on to a show-business wardrobe department career. At 19 she made her Broadway debut, in Sing Out the News (1938), a musical revue, with June Allyson, whose songs included Sing Ho for Private Enterprise. In 1941, two weeks after Pearl Harbor, she married Gene Nelson, a fellow dancer and actor. They moved to Los Angeles, and good luck followed. Having lunch at Paramount one day with a friend, she ran into a New York pal and came home with a seven-yea...

Acting

1943

Let's Face It

as Dancer

1944

Cover Girl

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

1944

Double Indemnity

as Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Tap Dancer (uncredited)

1945

1945

Masquerade in Mexico

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as Harriet - Party Guest in Gold Dress (uncredited)

1945

Kitty

as Girl with St. Leger (uncredited)

Production

1979

Ike

as Choreographer

1999

Out of the Cold

as Choreographer

1945

Masquerade in Mexico

as Choreographer

1950

Tea for Two

as Choreographer

1951

Lullaby of Broadway

as Choreographer

1955

Bring Your Smile Along

as Choreographer

1956

He Laughed Last

as Choreographer

1957

Public Pigeon No. 1

as Choreographer

1957

The Restless Breed

as Choreographer

1960

The Apartment

as Choreographer

1960

High Time

as Choreographer

1963

A New Kind of Love

as Choreographer

1964

Honeymoon Hotel

as Choreographer

1964

I'd Rather Be Rich

as Choreographer

1964

The Young Lovers

as Choreographer

1965

I'll Take Sweden

as Choreographer

1965

Cat Ballou

as Choreographer

1966

Hawaii

as Choreographer

1966

Murderers' Row

as Choreographer

1969

The Great Bank Robbery

as Choreographer

1969

1969

Cactus Flower

as Choreographer

1973

Trouble Comes to Town

as Choreographer

1973

1988

Sunset

as Choreographer

1960

Visit to a Small Planet

as Choreographer

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