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Norma Miller was first discovered as a gifted young Lindy Hopper by Herbert "Whitey" White when she was just 14 years old and was the youngest of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers when she joined the group. After Whitey's Lindy Hoppers disbanded, she formed her own company in California, Norma Miller's Dance Company; in the early fifties she, Billy Ricker and drummer Michael Silvers worked as the Del Rio Trio and in the later fifties she formed Norma Millers Jazz Men, which included fellow Lindy Hopper Billy Ricker, Frankie Manning's son the tap dancer Chazz Young, Billy Dotson, and Stoney Montenez.
As a comedienne, Norma worked in Las Vegas with Redd Foxx for over 10 years, including appearances in his TV show, Sanford and Son. In the seventies she formed another Lindy Hop and jazz performance group, the Savoy Swingers.
A lifelong friend of Frankie Manning, Norma danced with him in Spike Lee's feature film, Malcolm X and in Debbie Allen's TV Film Stomping at the Savoy, which she choreographed with Frankie as her assistant. Today, Norma continues to work as a comedienne and choreographer. A vivacious and outspoken person, Norma was and still is, the life of every party.
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