Senior producer, Legacy.com. Watch Sanford & Son Season 1. Fred needs a drink after she thanks him for taking care of Grady at nights. Make sure that the file is a photo. Redd Foxx, a late stand-up comedian and actor who was a very close friend of Norma, once gave her one of the best pieces of advice she could follow. Whiteys Lindy Hoppers performed in the 1941 movie Hellzapoppin where she portrayed a dancing cook. Ms. Miller in 2018. Apart from that, she has appeared in several other documentaries, being Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You, Unsung Hollywood: Redd Foxx, and Unsung Hollywood: Eartha Kitt the most recent ones. Learn more about Norma Miller - movies and shows, full bio, photos, videos, and more at TV Guide. Latest News See All. It may not be reproduced without written permission. Sierra's widow, Helene, said Saturday in a phone interview with The Associated Press that the actor died on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Looking out on the ballrooms rear windows, Norma saw dancing patrons as shadows moving behind the curtains, doing the Charleston and the Lindy Hop. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Ms. Millers film credits include the Marx Brothers A Day at the Races (1937) and Hellzapoppin (1941); Spike Lees Malcolm X (1992); Debbie Allens Stompin at the Savoy (1992) and John Biffars Captiva (1995.) Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. She directed and toured with the Norma Miller Dancers and Norma Miller and Her Jazzmen from 1952 to 1968. Miller claimed that she lost the contest because her blouse opened. About swing dancing she said: Its the greatest means of people communicating. MILLER, Male Infant, died about 1934/35, son of John & Jewell Miller. Norma Miller, who danced the Lindy Hop on Harlem sidewalks as a child, and as a teenager dazzled crowds on international tours in the 1930s and early 40s doing the same kicks, spins and drops that had made it a Jazz Age jitterbug craze, died on Sunday at her home in Fort Myers, Fla. She was 99. They put off marriage plans many times and decided to separate in 1947. Hot Chocolate Born on 9 out 1928. 1972 -2022. [13] From September to October 2017, at age 98, she was on a European tour with the Orchestra, consisting of seven concerts in Italy, Slovenja, and Denmark. She was the last surviving original member of the all-black dance troupe. Article. The show isn't a source of social commentary, per se, but it does serve as an indicator of how silly prejudice is. Miller presented and taught workshops at Herrng Dance Camp until 2018, when she was 98.[7]. The Lindy Hop sequence earned an Academy Award nomination for the choreographer, Dave Gould. Please reset your password. [11], For several years in the mid- to late 2010s, Miller lived in both Fort Myers, Florida and Italy. Sierra's widow, Helene, said Saturday in a phone interview with The Associated Press that the actor died on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California. Sanford and Son: 1973-1974: TV Series: Dolly Simpson / Roxie / Jackie: Hellzapoppin' 1941: Dancer (Cook) (uncredited) A Day at the Races . Miller was born in 1919 in Harlem, New York City to mother Alma, a charwoman, and father Norman, a shipyard worker, both from Bridgetown, Barbados.Norma was named after her father, who died from pneumonia a month before her birth. [1] After the tour, Miller was hospitalized for fatigue until her 18th birthday in December 1937. Call Of The Jitterbug It was a slashing satire of show business, with slapstick mayhem, horned demons, collapsing staircases and fun-house slides that led straight to hell. Its hard dancing. "The NEA's National Heritage Award is a great honor," says Ms. Miller. X . We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. [1][3], In 1959, Miller moved to Las Vegas, where she lived for much of the 1960s and 1970s. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Norma Miller I found on Findagrave.com. She was not quite 18 when she met the Marx Brothers, Allan Jones and Maureen OSullivan on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot and made her film debut in A Day at the Races. She danced and sang with the Lindy Hoppers in the well-known black-cast number All Gods Chillun Got Rhythm, which featured the singer Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellingtons orchestra. The day of our big dress rehearsal, there were headlines in The Miami Sun telling Murray Weinger a Miami Beach nightclub owner that they didnt want his colored show on the beach.. She later thrived as a choreographer, comedian, television actor and author, and was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2003 as a conservator of the Lindy Hop. Gregory Sierra (January 25, 1937 - January 4, 2021) played the role of Julio Fuentes, a Puerto-Rican junk dealer from New York City who moves next door to the Sanfords, arousing the ire of Fred. Miller was born in 1919 in Harlem, New York City to mother Alma, a charwoman, and father Norman, a shipyard worker, both from Bridgetown, Barbados. [5], From February 1972 until 1974, Miller traveled around Vietnam, performing her solo comedy routine for American troops in the Vietnam War. Miller was born in Manhattan in 1919, to parents . Swing Orchestra, performing in Pescara, Perugia, Genova, Milano, and Palermo. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Unable to find transportation home, the troupe toured for six months in South America before returning home exhausted and nearly broke. Resend Activation Email. Sanford and Son: Unknown (Guest Star) 1974: Advertise With Us. Unfortunately, she is the only living member of that team. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Between 1956 and 1956, she lived in Miami and performed comedy shows with Cab Calloway and George Kirby, produced by Mervyn Nelson. We invite you to share condolences for Norma Miller in our Guest Book. HARRISON, Norma Jean, May - Dec, 1951 (Died Dec 19, 1951 - Age 6 mos) . Born in Harlem, Miller grew up near the famous Savoy Ballroom. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Biffar says Miller was better known in Europe than in the United States. [3], Whitey's Lindy Hoppers performed in the 1941 movie Hellzapoppin', where Miller had a memorable role as a dancing cook, executing breathtaking flips, slides, kicks, splits, and lifts. Stompin at the Savoy with Alan B Govenar. She is an author, choreographer, dancer, comedian and actor whose career spans over seven decades. [1] Miller would dance at the Renaissance Ballroom & Casino, where young people were allowed to dance on Sunday afternoons. When her dance partner was drafted into the military, she left the troupe, which disbanded soon after. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). He took her into the Savoy, ignoring the technicality of her age, and they were soon captivating the regulars with through-the-legs slides, over-the-head flips and acrobatic aerial lifts. [8][9][1] When they returned from filming, the group went to Rio de Janeiro to perform. Biffar met Miller 25 years ago in a Las Vegas nightclub. Her father, a shipyard worker, died of pneumonia a month before her birth, and her mother worked as a charwoman to raise her and her sister, Dot. Welcome to the Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums. Try again later. His sister, Emma, married Jacob Rego and moved to Kittitas County [Washington] in 1884. You had laundry. Highest Rated: 100% Alive and Kicking (2016) Lowest Rated . Each Member's genealogy is stored in a separate tree. In 2006, John Biffar released a 72-minute one titled Queen of Swing, which takes an inside look at Normas influence in the globalization of Americas jazz culture and racial integration. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Correo electrnico corporativo. "[2], When the Great Depression began in 1929, Miller and her family moved to a cramped and noisy tenement apartment on 140th street that overlooked the Savoy Ballroom. She presented and taught workshops until 2018 when she was 98. Sierra's . She agreed, and at 15 came under the tutelage of Mr. Whites choreographer, Frankie Manning, the master of swing-era dances, who was the inspirational coach of the Lindy Hoppers. He was 83. I'm just healing now, and it's 70 years later. There is a problem with your email/password. Norma Miller was first discovered as a gifted young Lindy Hopper by Herbert Whitey White when she was just 14 years old. After her meteoric Lindy Hop career, Ms. Miller reinvented herself in 1952. Wayne Shorter (19332023), jazz saxophonist who co-founded Weather Irma Serrano (19332023), Mexicos La Tigresa singer and Linda Kasabian (19492023), key witness against Manson Family, Jerry Richardson (19362023), Carolina Panthers founder, Wayne Shorter (19332023), jazz saxophonist who co-founded Weather Report, Irma Serrano (19332023), Mexicos La Tigresa singer and actress, Simone Segouin (19252023), heroine of the French Resistance. Gregory Sierra, who was a key part of two major 1970s sitcoms as Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Sgt. After work hours guitarist, DJ, record label owner and New York style pizza aficionado. [3][1] The windows were open due to the lack of air conditioning and she could hear the house band, which was led by Chick Webb and included singer Ella Fitzgerald. At the age of five, she was performing at amateur nights in theaters. Miguel "Chano" Amanguale on the ABC police series "Barney Miller" and as Julio Fuentes on the NBC . Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Ms. Miller lived in Las Vegas for much of the 1960s and 70s. Besides Queen of Swing, John Biffars documentary, Ms. Miller appeared in at least nine other documentaries on dance, black comedy and other subjects, including Ken Burnss PBS series Jazz (2000). Her biography, Swingin' at the Savoy: A Memoir of a Jazz Dancer, documents the swing dance era, and her recollections on Ken Burns's Jazz documentaries provided a first-hand account of the Harlem music and dance scene. After she moved to Las Vegas, she performed with Redd Foxx and Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 1960s and 1970s. Norma Miller: The Queen of Swing . Contactos. I could dance, I just could just do it naturally. She and her friends practiced the dances in the gym at her school, P.S. "Dolly," "Grady's" woman! She did comedy routines in clubs with Redd Foxx and taught childrens dance classes. Vote up your favorite episodes . Jan. 24, 2021, 7:32 PM PST. and put me back outside. I was a precocious youngster, Ms. Miller said in Queen of Swing, a 2006 documentary about her life. Miller ended up touring Europe with the group in 1935. GUNN, Sanford Eugene, Dec 18, 1928 - Mar 8, 1929, son of Jack Gunn & Maggie Cox . As a child, she watched the dancers at the legendary Savoy Ballroom perched on the fire escape outside her mother's Harlem apartment. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. She jumped, jived and wailed in the 1930s and '40s as a member of the Lindy Hoppers, the famous dancers who helped popularize swing dancing. We had all kinds of fractures. [1] There, she performed with Redd Foxx and Sammy Davis Jr.[10]. . In 1937 she made her film debut in MGMs A Day at the Races where she danced and sang the number All Gods Chillun Got Rhythm which featured singer Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellingtons orchestra. January 22, 2021 at 8:02 pm PST. After his time on Sanford and Son, Wilson devoted his life to ministering to former inmates and became a . During rehearsal, racial tensions surfaced. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. In the early fifties she, Billy Ricker and drummer Michael Silvers worked as the Del Rio Trio, until the night Sammy Davis Jr. saw the group and promptly hired away Mike Silvers to be his drummer. In 1977, she produced a show at the Village Gate in New York and then moved back to Las Vegas, where she starred in and produced shows. Get breaking news alerts& today's headlines inyour inbox. Born in Harlem, New York, she took dance classes at a very young age and was performing at amateur nights at the age of five. Miller attended Manhattan School of the Arts on the Upper West Side. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Norma Miller (198887300)? She founded and choreographed the Norma Miller Dancers, a jazz-dance troupe that toured America and Australia for two years, then joined Count Basie on a national tour. . Gregory Sierra, best known for his roles as Sgt. She left the Lindy Hoppers after a three- week tour in 1942 and worked as a producer for the Harlem nightclub Smalls Paradise. She directed and toured with the Norma Miller Dancers and Norma Miller and Her Jazzmen from 1952 to 1968. Among the cultural prodigies who arose after the aviator Charles A. Lindberghs hop from New York to Paris in 1927 hence the dances name Ms. Miller, known as the Queen of Swing, was the youngest recruit and last survivor of the original Lindy Hoppers, the Herbert White troupe that broke in at Harlems Savoy Ballroom and popularized the Lindy Hop in Broadway shows, on tours of Europe and Latin America, and in Hollywood films. In 1935, Miller competed in a dance contest called the Harvest Moon Ball at Madison Square Garden. Oops, something didn't work. Gregory also guest-starred in an . Buried in Duffee, Mississippi, USA. She grew up in Harlem near . To use this feature, use a newer browser. She was discovered on Easter Sunday 1932 by the great swing dancer Twist Mouth George Ganaway as she flashed her moves on the sidewalk outside the Savoy, a blocklong rhythm factory on Lenox Avenue between West 140th and 141st Streets. This list includes all of the Sanford and Son main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. The International Lindy Hop Championship revealed on its website that they would dedicate December 2, 2019 (Normas 100th birthday) to her with different activities to celebrate her. January 22, 2021 at 11:02 pm EST. One spill on her dress and Grady finds her and Fred together wearing bathrobes! Norma Miller and Billy Ricker, of Norma Millers Dancers, in a publicity photo taken in about 1940. He was 83. I dont know if I ever hit the floor. You had laundry. At the age of . This browser does not support getting your location. Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019), Norma Miller and Frankie Manning were both consultants on the Lindy Hop dance scene at the Roseland Ballroom. There was a problem getting your location. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. In September 2017, Miller's song "Gimme da Beat" was remixed and issued on the CD Electro Swing New Generation 01 by French DJs Bart & Baker. ABC/Sun-Time File. They toured Europe for seven months in 1935, and in 1936 began a United States tour with headliner Ethel Waters. It was based on the British sitcom Steptoe and Son, which initially aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1974.. There was an error deleting this problem. She was the subject of a childrens book by Alan Govenar, Stompin at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller (2006). Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. See production, box office & company info, Stage 4, Stage 1, NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA. All We Know About Her Significant Other Pedro Segundo, BernNadette Stanis Was a Virgin When She Wed a Man 'Who Wasn't Very Kind in Words' Inside Their Marriage, Grandparents Kick Pregnant Teen Out in the Cold, Years Later They Ask For Her Help Story of the Day, Homeless Man Finds an Old Antique Ring in His Cup and Rushes to Seek Woman Who Was Wearing It Story of the Day, Girl Bans Single Mom from Her Graduation after Learning She Works as a Cleaner Story of the Day. Norma pointed out that people should embrace every stage of aging, wrinkles included. <br/><br/>Services are entrusted to Miller . Actress: Malcolm X. Norma Miller and Frankie Manning were both consultants on the Lindy Hop dance scene at the Roseland Ballroom. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! Labels: 1974, norma miller, Redd Foxx, sanford and son, sitcom. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. From 1941 to 1947, she was in a relationship with performer Roy Glenn, whom she met while filming Hellzapoppin'. Mr. Ganaway was impressed. . A system error has occurred. TVPG. Norma Miller is one of the creators of the acrobatic style of swing dancing known as the Lindy Hop. Dancer, Actress, Comedian, and Author. 1. Honored with a 2003 National Heritage Foundation Fellowship from the National Endowments of the Arts for her role in creating and continuing to preserve the acrobatic style swing dance, known as the Lindy Hop, Ms. Miller (at a young 85 years of age) continues to be an inspiration to all who know her. However, she has got more recognition through dancing. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Try again later. She was just hip. Crossed Swords. . Norma Miller's future projects will also be drawn from her swing dance experiences and, as she likes to say: "If you don't dig swing - you don't dig fried chicken!" . ", Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Your knees are knocking. Not long after that, Whitey was watching some of his dancers in a contest at the Apollo and once again saw young Norma defeat his dancers. Norma Miller (1919-2019), the "Queen of Swing". [6] Ganaway gave Miller a Coca-Cola and asked her to dance in the ballroom for the first time, before Miller was escorted back outside. As a comedienne, Norma worked in Las Vegas with Redd Foxx for over 10 years, including appearances in his TV show, Sanford and Son where she is remembered as the airline stewardess who offered Coffee, tea or ME? In the seventies she formed another Lindy Hop and jazz performance group, the Savoy Swingers. Since she was too young to go into the Savoy Ballroom, she often danced outside on the sidewalk where the music could be heard quite well. Cranky, scheming Fred Sanford runs a Los Angeles junkyard with his son and business partner Lamont. 136, and after church on the sidewalk outside the Savoy, where Mr. Ganaway discovered her. [3], From 1952 to 1968, Miller directed and toured with the Norma Miller Dancers and Norma Miller and Her Jazzmen, both of which included Frankie Manning's son Chazz Young as well as her long-time partner Billy Ricker. It was based on the BBC Television series Steptoe and Son. [7], From May 911, 2014, Miller performed for the first time in Italy at the "L.O.T. Discovered at the age of twelve by the Savoy Ballrooms legendary dancer Twist Mouth George, Ms. Miller has been in show business ever since. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. As a comedienne, Norma worked in Las Vegas with Redd Foxx for over 10 years, including appearances in his TV show, Sanford and Son where she is remembered as the airline stewardess who offered "Coffee, tea or . Mr. Ganaway spotted her performance and gave her a Coca-Cola. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? In the pervasive racial segregation of the day, Ms. Miller and her group faced daily reminders of their secondary status in renting rooms, riding in the back of buses, dining in black eateries and sometimes confronting white protests. She was 99. ). Watchlist. She continued to improve. Swing Orchestra. NC 27330. In 2003, she was honored with the National Heritage Foundation Fellowship from the National Endowments of the Arts for her outstanding role in creating and preserving the acrobatic style swing dance Lindy Hop. Good friends with Redd Foxx, she appeared on Sanford and Son. Miller remained active, recently performing with an Italian swing band. . Norma Miller. She was from the start a very creative dancer with her own often comic style and she possessed an outstanding sense of rhythm. I wasn't supposed to be there.". He was 83. The gravel-voiced widower hurled outrageous one-liners at . 6 Seasons. 1940's - Formed her own dance company, Norma Miller's Dance Company and had her own show at the legendary "Club Alabam" . In addition to many standard entertainment venues, this group did a series of performances in the New York City puc school system, introducing African-American dance history to the new generation. Norma Miller was a dancer, singer, and actress known as the "Queen of Swing.". The show inspired several spin-offs including Sanford Arms, Grady, and Sanford. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 0 cemeteries found in Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA. She had an older sister, Dot. Sanford and Son consistently presents racial stereotypes as part of its comedy. Norma Miller is known to many as the Queen of Swing. Norma was named after her father, who died from pneumonia a month before her birth. The next day, Herbert "Whitey" White, the dance master at the Savoy, hired Miller as the youngest member of his dance troupe, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. She had roles in three of Mr. Foxx's NBC sitcoms: "Sanford and Son . she began working with comedian Redd Foxx in 1963 and later joined him on the 1970's television series Sanford and Son serving as both a stand-up comic and choreographer. was produced with English and Italian text, featuring previously unreleased photographs and other additions. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Because of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, they were unable to find transportation home and ended up staying for 10 months, nearly exhausting all of their energy and money. "It has put me on track to become a film producer and I intend this one should be just the first of many." She was 99. Sparkle Doreen. She turned to comedy upon the advice of Foxx, and from 1972 to 1975 she traveled around Vietnam performing her solo comedy act for American troops. The first time Whitey saw her she appeared out of nowhere on the dance floor and won a Savoy dance contest with Twistmouth George as her partner. Drag images here or select from your computer for Norma Miller memorial. Grady ends up ignoring an evening of roller derby, the Tulsa Titwillows against the San Diego Sapsuckers! Im just healing now, and its 70 years later. Miller told the Fort Myers News-Press in 2005, What they said about her: Shed hoped to make it to 100, but it just wasnt mean to be. Norma Miller was the youngest of Whiteys Lindy Hoppers when she joined the group. "Fred Sanford: I still want to sow some wild oats. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog. With her own black companies, the Norma Miller Dancers and Norma Miller and Her Jazzmen, she joined early fights to undermine segregation in the nightclubs and casinos of Miami Beach and Las Vegas, where black entertainers even stars like Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis Jr. drew big crowds but afterward had to leave through the kitchen and stay in segregated accommodations. Weve updated the security on the site. . Lamont Sanford: At your age, you don't have no wild oats, you got shredded wheat." - 'Sanford and Son'. Hellzapoppin Here are some ways. Norma Miller's future projects will also be drawn from her swing dance experiences and, as she likes to say: "If you don't dig swing - you don't dig fried chicken!". You can search all the genealogies using either the quick search box to the left, or from the Advanced Search page. The lady, known not only for the previously mentioned show but also for Sparkle, Malcolm X, and Dansa Frst, is a very multifaceted artist as she is an actress, choreographer, comedian, author, and dancer. English. And later, she shared a Las Vegas stage with Sammy Davis Jr. and Redd Foxx. Early life. Sierra died from cancer on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California . Newer Post Older Post Home. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. In the later fifties she formed Norma Millers Jazz Men, which included fellow Lindy Hopper Billy Ricker, Frankie Mannings son the tap dancer Chazz Young, Billy Dotson, Stoney Montenez and Raymond (?). Anyone can read what you share. Pursuing a career in both dance and comedy, she began working with comedian Redd Foxx in 1963 and later joined him on the 1970's television series Sanford and Son serving as both a stand-up comic and choreographer. AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Connect with this reporter:Charles Runnells (Facebook),@charlesrunnells (Twitter),@crunnells1 (Instagram), 'Queen of Swing' Norma Miller: Funeral, celebration of life announced for Fort Myers, New York City, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. The last face that youll have is forever. This content was originally written by Judy Pritchett with Frankie Manning. Soon after that, the lady started hitting the stage as a stand-up comedian, something that she fell in love with almost immediately. [3], Miller rejoined Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in 1938. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Her own books include Swing Baby Swing (2010, with Darlene Gist), a chronicle of swing dancing over her century. You can various bits of trivia about these Sanford and Son stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of birth is. Sanford and Son is a sitcom starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson that follows a father and son who work as junk dealers. A child of poverty whose father died before she was born, Ms. Miller lived with her mother and sister in a cramped, noisy Harlem apartment, whose back windows looked out on the ballroom that would be her steppingstone to stardom. ISBN 9781566398497 with Evette Jensen. Happy Birthday, Pop. siteweb@ecf-arles.fr. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. A 72 minute documentary, Queen of Swing, by Florida filmmaker John Biffar, takes an inside look at Norma Millers influence in the globalization of Americas jazz culture and her and her fellow artists role in racial integration; and features interviews with Bill Cosby and the late Leonard Reed. She never got down. The next day Whitey appeared at Normas home and told her he would prefer her to dance with him rather than against him. Sanford and Son premiered on NBC on January 14, 1972. Known to many as the Queen of Swing, Norma Miller is an author, choreographer, dancer, comedian and actor whose career spans over seven decades. Norma was fascinated with dance, and her mother, though struggling to pay rent, enrolled her in Saturday dance classes. "I danced with the world's greatest dancer," Miller told The News-Press in 2005 as she sat in Biffars living room. He invited her to join Whiteys Lindy Hoppers. Sierra died Jan. 4 in . 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Actor Gregory Sierra, who starred in 1970s shows "Barney Miller" and "Sanford and Son," died Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California, according to Orange County . h4 ead premium processing uscis start date, duckling died while hatching, iron mountain daily news births,