- Specialty film dancer who came from Broadway.
- The only film Miriam did with husband Gene Nelson was "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady.".
- Began her career as Miriam Franklin.
- Considers the tap-ballet number she did in "Duffy's Tavern" as the best thing she ever did in films.
- Miriam Nelson appeared as a chorus girl in the "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" number in the 1944 Paramount movie "Here Come the Waves" when a dancer failed to show up. Miriam was there, and known as being an accomplished dancer and choreographer, she was asked to fill in for the absent dancer.
- She appeared in some Soundies musical short films in the early 1940s, including "Keepin' My Mouth Shut for Uncle Sam" (1942) starring Frances Faye.
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