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Nita Bieber

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He shared the screen with “The 3 Stooges”, Tony Curtis and Judy Garland. The dancer and actress Nita Bieber died on February 4, 2019, at the age of 92, at her residence in Palos Verdes, California, according to her son Rocky.

Born on July 18, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, Nita Bieber was the daughter of a piano virtuoso and a classical dancer. After graduating from high school she made her feature film debut with a small role as a chorus girl in the forgotten musical  Talk About A Lady , followed by a similar appearance in  The Jolson Story , where she played a nightclub entertainer.

Along with  The 3 Stooges , she  stars in  Rhythm and Weep , one of the comedy trio’s successful medium-length films, where she was an unemployed artist determined to commit suicide with other guys in a similar situation. She will form her own company, Nita Bieber Dancers, with other professionals, along with whom she hosts the show “Colgate Comedy Hour”, starring  Dean Martin  and  Jerry Lewis  in Las Vegas. She then recruits her to MGM, who has her prepare a musical number for  Nancy Goes to Rio , starring  Ann Sothern ,  Jane Powell  and  Carmen Miranda . The scene was ultimately cut from the final cut.

For this company, he also appeared in  Summer Repertoire , along with  Judy Garland  and  Gene Kelly ,  His Highness, the Thief , with  Tony Curtis , and  A Stranger in Paradise , with  Howard Keel . At this point, her career was promising, but she fell in love with a dentist, Dr. Jack Wall, and she decided to leave everything behind to marry and raise a family with him. They were together until 2005, when he passed away, and they had two children, Ivy, and the aforementioned Rocky.

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