Lucille Bremer

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Gender: Female
Born: 21st February 1917
Died: 16th April 1996
Nationality: United States of America
Movies: Behind Locked Doors, Yolanda and the Thief, Ziegfeld Follies, Meet Me in St. Louis, Till the Clouds Roll By, Ruthless, Dark Delusion

Lucille Bremer (February 21, 1917 – April 16, 1996) was an American film actress and dancer.

Bremer was born in Amsterdam, New York and began her career as a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, aged 16. Bremer, along with fellow stars Vera-Ellen and June Allyson, appeared as a 'Pony Girl' in the Broadway musical Panama Hattie in 1940. Spotted by a talent scout, she was taken to Hollywood where her screen test impressed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mogul Louis B. Mayer. An accomplished dancer, she was also considered to display potential as a dramatic actress.

She made her screen debut in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) as Judy Garland's sister, and followed this with a co-starring role opposite Fred Astaire in Yolanda and the Thief (1945), and a featured dance performance, once again with Astaire, in two memorable sequences in Ziegfeld Follies (1946). Her last major film was Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), but after this MGM began to lose interest in promoting her. After a few minor films, she played her last starring role in Behind Locked Doors (1948).

Reportedly disappointed with her Hollywood career, she elected not to renew her contract and left the film industry. She had

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