The long-legged, raven-haired actress and dancer died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of lung cancer, said Esme Chandlee, her longtime friend and former publicist. She was 81.

LOS ANGELES — Ann Miller, the raven-haired, long-legged actress and dancer whose machine-gun taps won her stardom during the golden age of movie musicals, died Thursday of lung cancer. She was ...

LOS ANGELES - Ann Miller, the raven-haired, long-legged actress and dancer whose machine-gun taps won her stardom during the golden age of movie musicals, died Thursday of lung cancer. She was 81.

Porchlight Music Theatre, as part of its new work developmental series, Off The Porch, will host an invited rehearsal of Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story, written by and starring Kayla Boye.