Vera-Ellen --- WOW!!!


Thanks to Netflix, I am seeing On the Town for the first time. I'm used to seeing Vera-Ellen in White Christmas (my favorite Christmas movie!) and while beautiful, she was sooooo thin! It was refreshing to see her in an earlier role --- not so thin (but still very slim) and with dark blonde hair. She was such a great dancer --- gonna watch her scenes with Gene Kelly over and over.

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Rumor was she was anorexic. She was so very talented, love her.

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She was anorexic.
That's why she always wore high necklines.

She had a sad life: married and divorced twice, losing her only child to SIDS at two months, fading into obscurity, and ultimately dying of cancer.

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She looks much better in this film, much healthier. In "White Christmas" she is far too thin, though she danced well.

She had a very sad life- a serious eating disorder, and she lost her only child due to SIDS. I had no idea until I looked her up after seeing "White Christmas" last year for the first time in a long time.

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