[Jane Long]

Vera-Ellen. She was reputed to have the "smallest waist in Hollywood".

My aunt told me Vera-Ellen suffered from anorexia...not well known about, back then.

White Christmas is my all time fave...love the singing, but really love all of the amazing dancing by Vera and Danny Kaye :)

[Alaska Wolf]

My aunt told me Vera-Ellen suffered from anorexia.

When you compare her to the other actresses/dancers from that era, she isn't that much smaller. The diet and activity levels were so much different then. Vera-Ellen died from cancer at age 60.