Queen of Swing (2006)

QUEEN OF SWING recounts the true story of a Jazz Age trailblazer 95yearold entertainer Norma Miller The engaging biography highlights the life career and indomitable spirit of the Harlemborn actress dancer and choreographer known as The Queen of Swing Discovered at the age of 12 Millers show business career has spanned seven decades and counting Among her many accomplishments Miller developed the acrobatic Lindy Hop dance appeared in the Marx Brothers A Day at the Races 1937 took up standup comedy at the prompting of Redd Foxx Sanford and Son entertained soldiers in Vietnam worked with Sammy Davis Jr in Las Vegas appeared in Richard Pryor specials and authored two books about swing culture