Irvin C. Miller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Irvin C. Miller

African-American actor, playwright and vaudeville show writer and producer

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1884

Place of Birth: Columbia, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1975

Profession: actor, playwright

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Irvin C. Miller

  • Irvin Colloden Miller (February 19, 1884 – February 27, 1975) was an African-American actor, playwright, and vaudeville show writer and producer.
  • He was responsible for successful theater shows including Broadway Rastus (1921), Liza (1922), Dinah (1923), which introduced the wildly popular black bottom dance, and Desires of 1927 starring Adelaide Hall.
  • For thirty years he directed the popular review, Brown Skin Models, influenced by the Ziegfeld Follies but exclusively using black performers.
  • "In the 1920s and 1930s, he was arguably the most well-established and successful producer of black musical comedy."

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