The Resume

(April 12, 1923-January 22, 2004)
Acted in 'Stage Door,' 'Too Many Girls,' 'Easter Parade,' 'On the Town,' 'Texas Carnival,' 'Lovely to Look At,' 'Small Town Girl,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Hit the Deck,' 'The Opposite Sex,' 'Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood' and 'Mulholland Drive'
Died of lung cancer at 81

Why she might be annoying:

She is divorced.
Her birth name is 'Johnnie.'
She believes in the occult.
She had to wear ballet shoes to dance with Fred Astaire because she was so tall.
Her legs were insured by RKO studios for 1 million dollars.
Her career fizzled after the musical genre went out of style.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was the first to tap dance on TV.
She made a comeback in 2001 when David Lynch cast her as Coco in 'Mulholland Drive,' which introduced her to a whole new generation of movie goers.
She was discovered by Lucille Ball while doing a show in a San Francisco nightclub.
She had a baby girl who died at birth from an accident.
She was MGM's top tap dancing star in the 1940s and 1950s.

Credit: Cosmic Princess

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• A.M. and P.M.
• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• Busby Berkeley Recasts
• Campbell Soup's Advertisers
• Cosmic Princess' Profiles [Series 1]
• Frank Sinatra's Leading Ladies
• Fred Astaire’s Dance Partners
• Gene Kelly's Leading Ladies
• Girl Talk [1963-70]
• Golden Boot Award Recipients (Ranked: 1992)
• Golden Girls References
• Hollywood Square Celebrities [1966-82]
• Home Improvement - Guest Stars
• I Attended Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary [2001]
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Mary Poppins' [1964]
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 81)
• I Had a Miscarriage
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I'm Buried at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Cemetery [Culver City, Ca]
• Insured Body Parts
• Marx Movies
• Molly Shannon Impersonations
• Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed [1976] (Ranked: 5)
• New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1974] (Ranked: 17)
• New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [2006] (Ranked: 43)
• Night of 100 Stars [March 8, 1982]
• Profiles 8751-9000 (Ranked: 8995)
• Psychics
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in Guests [L-Z]
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• Tap Dancers
• TCM Private Screenings
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20040122)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 29 Votes: 20.69% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 148 Votes: 58.78% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 75 Votes: 54.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 106 Votes: 49.06% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 39 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 106 Votes: 51.89% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 208 Votes: 36.06% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 108 Votes: 37.04% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 755 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 690 Votes: 39.71% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1716 Votes: 42.07% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 4051 Votes: 41.20% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 474 Votes: 61.60% Annoying