Tap Dancing Hollywood Legend Ann Miller Discusses Her Time at MGM 

Not just one of the greatest dancers ever and a delightful star, Ann Miller was a riveting raconteur. She comes across as truthful, with terrific recall, extremely observant of all the important little details and clues with interesting snippets that make you feel as if you were there. She's candid and revealing without ever being snide or betraying confidences. Very clever lady who continues to thrill us years after she's gone.

She is extremely well-spoken...no hesitations, no stumbling over words. Tells her stories very clearly and engagingly. So enjoyable to listen to.

Class act. Well trained. Not only her legendary dance skills but also how she maintained herself as a lady.

What an absolute joy. I could listen to Miss Miller for hours. No fake false modesty. Gives credit where credit is due. Fascinating. And despite her own words she was a huge star prior to Broadway success. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. Thank you so much for posting. A rare treat.

I was at the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, I think New Years Day 1954, when she was the Queen that year. She was just so beautiful and was waving to everyone. It was cloudy and raining. I loved her then but after watching this interview I respect and love her even more. What a life she had.

I adore Ann Miller. Played her rehearsals, went on the road, as pianist. She taught me lot. However, her impeccable memory was enhanced by time gone by. Makes no difference. She always gave her all. She was a true star❤❤❤❤❤

A class act and a wonderful dancer. Thank you for all the memories and unforgettable dance routines!

Among the many such star interviews, Ms. Miller's is one of the most candid and insightful on record. Thank you

I could listen to her all day. What a lady and what a career!

I just love Ann. She was just 13 when she won her 7 year contract with RKO. Everyone believed she was 18 as she told them. Imagine that!

One of the things i always liked about Ann was her willingness to talk about her working life and all the films and anecdotes from them and the other thing that happened to her .

My father grew up with Ann Miller; they went to the same school. He said she was always a great person.

Some people have wonderful charisma when they speak and beautiful Ann Miller had this gift as well has being a legendary fantastic dancer. Thank you for sharing.

Fantastic interview, what a smart, interesting, well spoken person Ms. Miller is!

so nice, not a bad word for anybody

I love the story of how she got her start in the business. Something I didn't know until after screening "Stage Door" and learning more about it. It is amazing to me that, in my opinion, in retrospect and in working with the likes of very established actresses like Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, and Eve Arden among others, she stole the limelight and stole the show. That winning smile, her amazingly athletic dance style and her enormous energy just radiated through the screen and left me in awe of her. She was such a beautiful woman and so very talented. She had it all and more, and she was a heavenly angel who graced us with her presence here on Earth. We are so thankful for you Ann. Wonderful!❤️💃❤️

Ann Miller was a delight and a brilliant dancer. The best! Fantastic interview.

So happy to have found this wonderful interview after all these years! I taped it over 10 years ago when it aired on TCM and then of course VCRs went out and I lost the tape. So thrilled to be able to watch this again! Thank you Turner Classic Movies for putting this up! Ann Miller is one of the most beautiful, talented, and underrated actresses of all time!

I can only imagine what Ann Miller would think of today's music!!

What a GREAT interview. ❤️ Ann Miller

Absolutely loved this!!!!! I just adore Ann Miller. Thank you, TCM, for sharing this!

I liked Ann Miller in her movies. She's has also a person with great voice.

If you notice when watching these TCM interviews that run between the movies , the interviews all have the same sort of look to them. TCM was just getting started around 1994-95 and they must have interviewed all the great stars of the golden era of Hollywood still alive at that time so we can enjoy listening to the great stories these wonderful actors could pass on to us. TCM is the best !

R. I. P. ANN🇨🇱 MILLER HAPPY HEAVENLY 100th BIRTHDAY to the prettiest, sweetest, dancing-est dark-haired beauty that deep East Texas ever produced. Also R.I.P. Mary Miller age 3hrs. d.Nov.12, 1946

Wow, what a memory she had! I can't remember what I had for breakfast! Lol. This was a great interview. It was a long one, but I was here for it. She has amazing energy and so vital. We miss you forever Annie!

Perfectly lovely....so much class, style, poise...and BEAUTIFUL!!! Annie, you made TEXAS, PROUD!!!

What a fun interview! I love Ann Miller, and now I can't wait to see some of the less well-known films of hers. She can tell such lovely stories, like David Niven--totally entertaining, mostly true!

Ann Miller had the most wonderful laugh, it was delightful!

Loved every minute of this, what a Lady.

I loved Ann Miller. She was always so well put together and had so many friends. I agree with her on the movie A Walk in the Clouds. One of my favorites. RIP Ann, you were pure class.

I met her a few times and she was down-to-earth, delightful and so appreciative of her success. She enjoyed every minute of her career and always went out looking like a star.

What a great lady. Could listen to her talk forever. As a young man I was so thrilled that she and Mickey Rooney brought Sugar Babies to London and I got to see these two legends on stage ❤

Wow, such honesty and matter-of-factness. Very classy.

What a joy to watch. I love old Hollywood.

Hard to believe she sat at Walt’s table the night he won for Snow White, since Walt didn’t go to the Academy Awards often; it makes sense she’d be with Walt’s table since her first picture was 1938, which was when Snow White was released. It was also great to see her at the opening of MGM Studios in ‘89 and her role in Follies. I consider her was one of the best dressed in Hollywood. It’s my hope TCM will maybe offer a subscription service or DVD set of these interviews, because this is history and needs to be preserved

Class act. Loved to watch her dance. Dynamic!

Love these interviews. Wow! She was 72 during this interview.

OMG SO THATS A REAL STAR WOW. I've always heard about them. They don't have them anymore. Thank God for these old interviews. This was years ago. If she was alive today she would cry at the sad state of Hollywood today.

What a fascinating life she led! She must have looked very mature for her age if the studios believed she was 18.

I agree with Ms. Miller that the movie she just saw, A Walk in the Clouds was a good one. It was tastefully done with a sweet love story.

I LOVED this woman! Not just a top-flight dancer, but snappy with the comebacks too.

Great listening to Ann! What a storyteller. Among the All-time great dancers and Hollywood stars!

I love her! RIP Ann Miller❤️✨🤍

A sadly underrated actress! She's one of my absolute favourite musical stars, and I was always sorry that she never got to work with Gene Kelly - because I think that they would have been absolute dynamite dancing together!

Love Ann Miller she is also a great MGM historian talking about great eras!!

What an actress . Class act . Not like today . Today stars don’t have the class that the old stars had .not so today stars dress for success in an interview .

Ann Miller was fantastic dance in all those MGM musicals, Ann and Cyd Charisse dance together with Ricardo M. was amazing dance. She is true Hollywood star.

Thanks too TCM I've been made aware of all these wonderful performers from the 30s and 40s. From my grandmother and mother's time. Today I see a lack of talent in Hollywood, compared to the entertainers who performed during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Where are the Gregory Peck's, Charlton Heston and Robert Mitchum's today? George Clooney doesn't come close to the handsome, masculine Clark Gable! Clooney is like a bad imatation! The women were so beautiful back then. Ava Gardener, Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamar you just don't see that beauty anymore today.

Wonderful dancer. And she had the most beautiful legs.

I once saw a video of her rehearsing for an elaborate dance number for a show (maybe Hollywood Palace). She worked with a very young choreographer. She gave her absolute attention and respect to him and all the other dancers! (She probably forgot more than everyone knew about dancing!) There was no star attitude--just true professionalism! Of course, the finished number was perfect!

Ms.Miller speaks so eloquently about herself and her experiences during her career.Ms.Miller a sincere,caring,loving person.

Marlene Dietrich DID the SAME type stuff for JANE WYMAN, told her about "lighting" and making "them Look at you"! DIONNE WARWICK, also, said Ms Dietrich told her that she MUST WEAR COUTURE GOWNS/CLOTHES since she is a STAR! What a GIVING LEGEND MARLENE WAS!

This is one of THE classic dancer / actors, from The Golden Age, of Hollywood , & could she tap ! ------------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o

I thought she was the most fantastic dancer. When she came on screen she was mesmerising. Unique. Love this interview. Such a lovely person. So many interesting stories. Tku for uploading this.

She was such an extraordinary dancer and a great actress. What a legend and iconic.🐏 Hard to believe she has been gone for 18 years now. I still remember her interviews in the late 90's and all her Larry King appearances. RIP Ann Miller [1923-2004]💃💃💃🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬🎥🎥🎥📺📺📺📺📺📺

One of the few older women to still wear black hair, and it looked so great on her. Fantastic lady!

I was lucky enough to be good friends with Linda Darnell and she told me so many funny stories about and Miller they were very good friends during their movie Dazed and according to Linda they had so much fun together they did all kinds of goofy things Linda was quite a lady I'm very lucky to have been our friend I just heard about her being pregnant and being knocked down the stairs and that is a story that Linda told me years ago it's so funny to hear it from and Miller's on lips it's making me very sad right now because it was very hard when Linda died sorry for unloading

Holy cow! The part about Too Many Girls at 26:00! She left RKO at $150/week and came back at $3,000/week! Then introduced Lucy & Desi! 26:48

Ann Miller was always impeccably dressed. By that I mean clothes, hair and make up. How wonderful to listen to her speak about the people she worked for and with. A true star and an ultimate triple threat .

I love Ann Miller!! Shes one of my favorite actresses.She was beautiful too!! She's always been very appreciative of her career. She was witty and very intelligent. I love her interview with Robert Osborne. She has great stories. She was well loved by many of her fellow actors.She's very engaging.💛💛💛

This woman was the fastest tap dancer in her time. Such a talent and a gem.

She has a great memory.

Very down to earth LADY! Beautiful dancer, enjoyed all of her movies.

What a charming, down-to-earth lady. I’ve always been aware of Ann Miller but never really paid much attention to her. I’m definitely a fan now. 😊

I love her work in Kiss Me Kate and On The Town. I adore her! So real and amazing 😻

ANN MILLER WAS LOVED BY EVERYONE. NEVER HEARD A BAD THING ABOUT HER. SHE WAS A PRO, START TO FINISH. GENEROUS TO A FAULT YET NEVER FOUND HER TRUE LOVE, EXCEPT FINE JEWELRY.

*I don't know if it's on RU-vid, but I remember that Ann Miller made for a great guest on the "Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder in about 1980.*

such an amazing woman i think i’ve seen all movies such amazingly professionally done song and dance routines and all round no 1 . very nice interview looking lovely as always ann

I met Ann Miller when she came to visit our elementary school which she had also attended. They told us she was a movie star, and though we were unfamiliar with her films, we thought she was very glamorous! Later I saw her work & found she was very talented, especially her dancing.

Is this a series? Are there other contract player interviews like this? I hope so, since they're virtually all gone now. What a joy to watch!

I learned so much! Love this interview...Love AM!!!

One of the best to do it! I love her in Easter Parade and Kiss Me Kate - just fabulous!

So lovely, talented, and well-spoken.

She amazing

She is exactly the same onscreen and off.lovely lady and best dancers.

I could listen to her all day. Fascinating women

What a dynamis beautiful icon of a long gone era

What a pro! Very interesting, her estimation that she didn't become a star until Sugar Babies. Many of us thought she was a star after the dance with Ginger Rogers in Stage Door. I'm sorry they never mentioned her work for David Lynch at the very end of her career -- I wonder what she thought of him! Or perhaps was this interview in "95 before she met him?

She was great

ann is so open and honest

An amazing talent and a very beautiful woman.

Ann Miller was an amazing talent. Entertaining until she was 80 years old. Could you imagine how much longer Miller would have lived if she did not smoke? She could have performed until the age of 100 and then said "I'm ready to retire, I earned it."

I’m enjoying this

Classy Classy and soooo Charismatic ❤️ this lady ...has such wonderful beauty both in side and outside

A every under rated entertainer. She was always a pro!

Love everything about Ann Miller! ...Rowby.

Great lady.

Total joy .

Actually in Stage Door, a great film, it was Lucille Ball who was called Sting Bean.

Love her 🌹😘😘

I just looked up Hermès Pan and he does look like Fred Astrie

Just seen her life story. Hope she found peace in death. Lovely woman. Sad life.

What a beautiful person, very classic lady.

I agree with Ann

16:50 Dietrich, mastress of lighting choreography.

God bless you and the invention of pantyhose!

love her

Ann Miller as Smart & Successfull as she was.... went through complete Hell in life.... losing her child & most especially with her mean husbands. It's Almost impossible to believe.

Wow. What a different world. "Lying about my age was the sweetest thing X ever did for me" (vomit, good thing she wasn't in p_rn at least), all the predatory behavior and pedophilia tendencies, and "Here's this 18-year old who's never been kissed" when that can happen at any time in ones ca 100 year old life... Horrible. But historically and personally interesting none the less. Fascinating stories form an amazing talent.

I'm amazed that she believed it was Broadway that made her a star. She seems like a big star to me long before Broadway. Lol