Miriam Nelson
Also Known As: Miriam Franklin, Miriam Nelson Meyers
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-year acting-dancing contract. Ms. Nelson’s onscreen appearances included Lady in the Dark (1944), a straight acting role as Edward G. Robinson’s secretary in Double Indemnity (1944) and versatile dance work in Duffy’s Tavern (1945). After the Nelsons divorced in 1956, she took up choreography full time. Her television projects included The Red Skelton Hour, Father Knows Best, The Lucy Show, The Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote. Ms. Nelson’s first credited big-screen choreography was on Blake Edwards’s He Laughed Last (1956), a crime comedy about a chorus girl. Her final screen credit was Out of the Cold, a romantic drama starring Keith Carradine, released on DVD in 2001.
Department: Crew
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 21, 1922
Deathday: August 12, 2018
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Gender: Female
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A Golightly Gathering
Overview: A Golightly Gathering reunites the players of the cocktail party sequence of Breakfast at Tiffany's It features the surviving actors that appeared in the cocktail party sequence of that iconic movie while having their like-minded reunion some 48 years later.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-13
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The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Overview: A former call-girl who has left the profession behind to pursue a college career is recruited by the police to turn one more trick in order to trap the person laundering syndicate money.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-14
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Cover Girl
Overview: A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-22
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Let's Face It
Overview: A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as "escorts" for the weekend. Complications ensue when the husbands show up unexpectedly.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-04
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Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-07
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Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
Overview: Behind Audrey Hepburn's dazzling image, Darcey Bussell unravels an epic tale of betrayal, courage, heartache and broken dreams. For as long as she can remember Darcey has been fascinated by Audrey Hepburn: style icon, star of Breakfast at Tiffany's, an Oscar winner at 24. Now, Darcey follows in Audrey's footsteps through Holland, London, Rome, Switzerland and Hollywood to find out more. She discovers Audrey started out as a dancer, risked her life in the war and, although adored the world over, was always looking for love.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-29
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Double Indemnity
Overview: A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-06
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Hail the Conquering Hero
Overview: Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-09
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Overview: Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-06
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Duffy's Tavern
Overview: The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-28
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Masquerade in Mexico
Overview: An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador who is making a play for the banker's wife. They hatch a scheme whereby she pretends to be a Spanish countess.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-03
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Kitty
Overview: Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-16
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