In the White Christmas DVD bonus features, Rosemary Clooney had said that Vera-Ellen did not sing, she was a great dancer but could not sing so they had to pre record someone else. Rosemary laments...
Her maternal grandfather was of German descent on both sides (Pfeffer, Schunke), by way of Texas. The rest is really diverse. The DeGeneres line is French, of course; they were wealthy landowners who...