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Vera-Ellen was a frequent guest on US variety programming in the mid-to-late 1950s. Her final performances were on a November 22, 1958, television episode of The Perry Como Show [7] and a February 14, 1959, broadcast of The Dinah Shore Show. [8] Following that, Vera-Ellen retired from performing. [citation needed]
Brascia was a featured dancer with Vera-Ellen in White Christmas (1954) [1] and with Cyd Charisse and Liliane Montevecchi in Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). With dancer and wife, Tybee Arfa (1932–1982), he formed the dance team Brascia and Tybee, which, beginning in 1957, began appearing as the opening act for artists like Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tony Martin and George Burns, among others. [2]
The film was Vera-Ellen's final film; she later withdrew from public life after the death of her daughter, Victoria Ellen Rothschild. [5] The film is also Tony Martin's final appearance in a movie musical, although he later made a cameo appearance in Dear Mr. Wonderful, a 1982 film. [6] Let's Be Happy premiered in London on 9 May 1957. [4]
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Vera-Ellen’s vocals were dubbed in White Christmas by Trudy Stevens throughout the film. Irving Berlin presented—and won—the Oscar for "White Christmas." Prior to its titular film, the song ...
Twenty-six-year-old Clooney played older sister Betty and 33-year-old Vera-Ellen played the younger sister Judy. Even more striking is the age difference between Rosemary and her male counterpart.
Authorities at the time determined she had been raped and bludgeoned to death. The case went cold for more than 45 years until officials were able to use forensic technology to find her killer.
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