Miriam Lois Frankel was born in Chicago on Sept. 21, 1919, the only child of Daniel Frankel, a salesman who later produced nightclub shows, and Miriam Elizabeth (Bly) Frankel, a seamstress who went on to a show-business wardrobe department career. At 19 she made her Broadway debut, in “Sing Out the News” (1938), a musical revue, with June Allyson, whose songs included “Sing Ho for Private Enterprise.” In 1941, two weeks after Pearl Harbor, she married Gene Nelson, a fellow dancer and actor. Th...
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of Birth: Sep 21, 1922
Date of Death: Aug 12, 2018