Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about VERA-ELLEN!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Vera-Ellen Westmeier Rohe was an American dancer and actress . she is remembered for her solo performances and her work with partners Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Danny Kaye, and Donald O’Connor at age 13, she was a winner on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour . she became one of the youngest Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall . this led to roles on Broadway in Panama Hattie, By Jupiter, vera-ellen’s penultimate film role was the 1954 blockbuster hit white christmas . she starred in only one more film, the 1957 British production Let’s Be Happy. vera-ellen’s final performances were on a November 22, 1958, television episode of the Perry Como Show . after that, she retired from performing . a Hollywood rumor that her neck was always covered vera-ellen was married twice . she gave birth to a daughter, who died in 1963 at three months of age from SIDS. she was also an “avid swimmer” after the death of her only child, she withdrew from public life . she was a lifelong republican and noted for her support of fellow actor Ronald Reagan . buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park in Sylmar ISBN 1-59393-320-7. ISBN 1-88766-448-3.