Stage Name: Vera Ellen
Birth Name: Vera Ellen Westmeier Rohe
Occupation: Dancer / Actress /Pinup Model
Years Active: 1937–1957
Notable Works: Vera Ellen is best remembered for her filmed dance partnerships with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Donald O'Connor: Gene Kelly in Words and Music (1948) and On the Town (1949); Fred Astaire in Three Little Words (1950) and The Belle of New York (1952); Bob Hope & Bing Crosby in White Christmas (1954); and with Donald O'Connor in Call Me Madam (1953)
Date/Place Birth: February 16, 1921(1921-02-16); Norwood, Ohio, U.S.A.
Date/Death/Cause: Vera Ellen died of cancer August 30, 1981 at age 60 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. She is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park in Sylmar, Los Angeles County.
Spouse(s) & Children: Robert Hightower (1941–1946 divorced); Victor Rothschild (1954–1966 divorced) with Rothschild she had her only child, Victoria Ellen Rothschild, who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 1963.
Short Biography: Vera-Ellen began dancing at the age of 9 or 10, and began Broadway at 19 shortly thereafter became one of the youngest Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. She appeared in several Broadway musicals then was signed by MGM in 1945. She was only 24 years old when Goldwyn cast her opposite Danny Kaye in Wonder Man (1945). She danced with Fred Astaire in Three Little Words (1950) and with Gene Kelly in On the Town (1949). The adorable blonde slim gifted dancing sensation appeared in a string of light-hearted but successful films. Then after the death of her child and some other personal traumas Vera-Ellen retired from acting in 1957 withdrew from public life and became a virtual recluse until her death in 1981.