Mini-Biography:
Vera Ellen was born on Februar 16, 1921 in Cincinnati, OH, US. She was an American Schauspielerinin, known for White Christmas (1954), Love Happy (1949), The big Leaguer (1953), Vera Ellen's first movie on record is from 1945. Vera Ellen died on August 31, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1957.
Biographical Notes
Eigentlich Vera-Ellen Westmeyer Rohe, beliebte und populäre amerikanische Darstellerin der Vierziger und Fünfziger Jahre, debütierte 1939 am Broadway in New York und hatte nach 1945 eine erfolgreiche aber relativ kurze Karriere in mehreren Hollywood-Musicals, unter anderem als Partnerin von Fred Astaire und Gene Kelly. Aus gesundheitlichen Gründen zog sie sich gegen Ende der Fünfziger Jahre zurück und starb - relativ vergessen - im Alter von 60 Jahren an Krebs.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1957: Let's Be Happy (Darsteller),
1954: White Christmas (Weisse Weihnachten) (Darsteller: Judy Haynes (AKA Vera Ellen)), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Dean Jagger,
1953: The big Leaguer (Darsteller: Christy), Directed by Robert Aldrich, with Richard Jaeckel, Jeff Richards, Edward G. Robinson,
1953: Call me Madam (Madame macht Geschichten) (Darsteller: Prinzessin Maria), Directed by Walter Lang, with Fritz Feld, Ethel Merman, George Sanders,
1952: The Belle of New York (Die Schönste von New York) (Darsteller: Angela Bonfils), Directed by Charles Walters, with Fred Astaire, Marjorie Main,
1950: Three little words (Drei kleine Worte) (Darsteller: Jessie Brown Kalmar), Directed by Richard Thorpe, with Fred Astaire, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven,
1950: Happy go Lovely (Glücklich und Verliebt) (Darsteller: Janet Jones), Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, with David Niven, Cesar Romero,
1949: Love Happy (Die Marx-Brothers im Theater) (Darsteller), Directed by David Miller, with Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx,
1949: On the town (Heut' gehn wir bummeln) (Darsteller: Ivy Smith), Directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, with Betty Garrett, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller,
1948: Words and Music (Darsteller: Gueststar), Directed by Norman Taurog, with June Allyson, Harry Antrim, Cyd Charisse,
1946: The kid from Brooklyn (Held des Tages, Der Bub von Brooklyn) (Darsteller: Susie), Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, with Walter Abel, Steve Cochran, Danny Kaye,
1946: Carnival in Costa Rica (Darsteller), with Cesar Romero, Anne Revere,
1946: Three Little Girls in Blue (Darsteller),
1945: The wonder man (Der Wundermann) (Darsteller: Midge Mallon), Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, with Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo,