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Annie Ross‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1930-07-26

Popularity

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Annie Ross

Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK

Annie Ross

Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1930-07-26

Popularity

star2.4

Biography

Annabelle McCauley Allan Short (25 July 1930 – 21 July 2020), known professionally as Annie Ross, was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Ross was born in Surrey, England, the daughter of Scottish vaudevillians John "Jack" Short and Mary Dalziel Short (née Allan). Her brother was Scottish entertainer and theatre producer and director Jimmy Logan. She first appeared on stage at age three. At the age of four, she travelled to New York by ship with her family; she later recalled that they "got the cheapest ticket, which was right in the bowels of the ship". Shortly after arriving in the city, she won a token contract with MGM through a children's radio contest run by Paul Whiteman. She subsequently moved with her aunt, Scottish-American singer and actress Ella Logan, to Los Angeles, and her mother, father and brother returned to Scotland. She did not see her parents again until fourteen years later. At the age of seven, she sang "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" in Our Gang Follies of 1938, and played Judy Garland's character's sister in Presenting Lily Mars (1943). Her adulthood film roles included Liza in the film Straight On till Morning (1972), Claire in Alfie Darling (1976), Diana Sharman in Funny Money (1983), Vera Webster in Superman III (1983), Mrs. Hazeltine in Throw Momma from the Train (1987), Rose Brooks in Witchery (1988), Loretta Cresswood in Pump Up the Volume (1990), Tess Trainer in Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), and Lydia in Blue Sky (1994). She also appeared as Granny Ruth in the horror films Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991). She also had a bit part in Robert Altman's The Player in 1992. Ross also starred in Scottish Television's comedy-drama Charles Endell Esquire (1979). She provided the speaking voice for Britt Ekland in The Wicker Man (1973), and Ingrid Thulin's singing voice in Salon Kitty (1976). On stage, she appeared in Cranks (1955; London and New York City), The Threepenny Opera (1972), The Seven Deadly Sins (1973) at the Royal Opera House, Kennedy's Children (1975) at Arts Theatre, London, Side by Side by Sondheim, and in the Joe Papp production of The Pirates of Penzance (1982). Ross died in New York City on 21 July 2020 from emphysema and heart disease, four days before her 90th birthday. Description above from the Wikipedia article Annie Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Musical Movieland

Musical Movieland‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Player

The Player‌
star7.2
calendar 1992

Witchery

Witchery‌
star4.9
calendar 1988

Yanks

Yanks‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume‌
star7.0
calendar 1990

Superman III

Superman III‌
star5.5
calendar 1983

Basket Case 2

Basket Case 2‌
star5.7
calendar 1990

Basket Case 3: The Progeny

Basket Case 3: The Progeny‌
star5.2
calendar 1992

Blue Sky

Blue Sky‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Straight On Till Morning

Straight On Till Morning‌
star5.7
calendar 1972

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer‌
star7.0
calendar 2007

Notes for a Film on Jazz

Notes for a Film on Jazz‌
star7.2
calendar 1965

One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously

One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

No One But Me

No One But Me‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

Alfie Darling

Alfie Darling‌
star4.4
calendar 1975

Cinderella's Feller

Cinderella's Feller‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Funny Money

Funny Money‌
star4.0
calendar 1982

Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty‌
star5.6
calendar 1976

Short Cuts

Short Cuts‌
star7.2
calendar 1993

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

Our Gang Follies of 1938

Our Gang Follies of 1938‌
star6.1
calendar 1937

Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train‌
star6.2
calendar 1987

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man‌
star7.4
calendar 1973

Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes

Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes‌
star7.0
calendar 2020

The Beast Must Die

The Beast Must Die‌
star5.4
calendar 1974

The Ring of Truth

The Ring of Truth‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Tv Credits

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

The Ghosts of Motley Hall‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye‌
star6.8
calendar 2002

The Saint

The Saint‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place‌
star3.7
calendar 1959

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948