Vera-Ellen Westmeier Rohe was an American dancer and actress. Best known for her starring roles in On the Town with Kelly and White Christmas with Kaye. Her hyphenated first name originated in a dream that her mother had and that her mother saw it in the “Lights’
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Vera-Ellen Westmeier Rohe was an American dancer and actress. She is remembered for her solo performances as well as her work with partners Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Danny Kaye, and Donald O’Connor. Best known for her starring roles in On the Town with Kelly and White Christmas with Kaye. Her hyphenated first name originated in a dream that her mother had and that her mother saw it in the “Lights’ She began dancing at age 10 and quickly became proficient.
At age 13, she was a winner on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour and embarked upon a professional career. In 1939, she made her Broadway debut in the Jerome KernOscar Hammerstein musical Very Warm for May. This led to roles on Broadway in Panama Hattie, By Jupiter, and A Connecticut Yankee. Her penultimate film role was the 1954 blockbuster hit White Christmas, co-starring with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney.
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