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Vera-Ellen Westmeyer Rohe (February 16, 1921 - 30
August, 1981) was an United States|American
Actor|actress and dancer known best by just her
hyphenated first name.

Vera-Ellen was born in Norwood, Ohio. She began
dancing when she was nine and quickly developed
into a very proficient dancer.  When she was 16,
she won a competition on the Major Bowes Amateur
Hour and began dancing professionally.

In 1939, Vera-Ellen made her Broadway debut in the
Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein musical Very Warm
For May.  She became one of the youngest Rockettes
at Radio City Music Hall.  This led to a career on
broadway, where she was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn,
who cast her opposite Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo
in the film "Wonder Man."

Never a major star, she appeared in several films
including White Christmas, On the Town, and Call
Me Madam. Vera-Ellen was also one of the stars in
the last Marx Brothers movie, Love Happy.

Although she suffered from anorexia earlier in her
life,  she died of cancer.

==Filmography==
*Wonder Man (1945)
*The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
*Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
*Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
*Words and Music (1948)
*Love Happy (1949)
*On the Town (1949)
*Three Little Words (1950)
*Happy Go Lovely (1951)
*The Belle of New York (1952)
*Call Me Madam (1953)
*Big Leaguer (1953)
*White Christmas (1954)
*Let's Be Happy (1957)