Nita Bieber

Nita Bieber, an American dancer and actress, studied dancing from childhood in Los Angeles and traveled with a USO troupe after high school. Her screen work began in 1946 with Columbia Pictures films, among them Rhythm and Weep with the Three Stooges, followed by more Columbia titles and Monogram features, including the role of Mame in News Hounds. Under a seven-year MGM contract she filmed a dance number for Nancy Goes to Rio that was cut from the theatrical release but appeared on the home video version. She played Sarah Higgins in Summer Stock (1950) with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, appeared with Hedy Lamarr in A Lady Without Passport (1950), and with Tony Curtis in The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951). Her last film was Kismet (1955). She also created The Nita Bieber Dancers, whose short pieces filled local television schedules, and the group headlined in Las Vegas. She died in 2019.