The Resume

(November 21, 1912-February 11, 1982)
Best known for tap dancing with Fred Astaire in 'The Broadway Melody of 1940'
Starred in 'Broadway Melody of 1936,' 'Born to Dance,' 'Rosalie,' and 'Broadway Melody of 1940'
Married and divorced Glenn Ford

Why she might be annoying:

She was a shy child.
She divorced Glenn Ford.
She was known more for her dancing than her acting ability.
She disliked tap dancing, saying it was not as 'graceful' as ballet.
She taught herself to tap dance by attaching sandbags to her legs while dancing.
She said, 'A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She aged gracefully.
Her parents divorced when she was a baby.
She overcame her shyness by taking dance classes as a kid.
She was one of Fred Astaire's most famous dancing partners.
She underwent a gall stone operation in the early '40s.

Credit: Ratman (some information provided by Jack Magic)

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• E.P.'s and L.P.'s
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Entertainers Turned Ministers
• Fag Hags [Women Loved by Gay Men]
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Female
• Fred Astaire’s Dance Partners
• I Am Vaudeville [M-Z]
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'That's Entertainment!' [1974]
• I Died in 1982 (Ranked: 70)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I was Cremated
• I'm Buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Calif]
• Jimmy Stewart's Leading Ladies
• Look at Me and My Pet
• Look! My Picture Is Animated
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Profiles 14751-15000 (Ranked: 14893)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• Tap Dancers
• Vicki Lawrence Impersonations

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 38.71% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 79 Votes: 32.91% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 214 Votes: 44.39% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 211 Votes: 42.18% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 137 Votes: 37.96% Annoying