Annie Ross

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26 lipca 1930 — 21 lipca 2020 (89 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Kult
    Kult1973
  • Bestia musi zginąć
    Bestia musi zginąć1974
  • Straight on Till Morning
    Straight on Till Morning1972

Known For

  • Superman III
    Superman III1983
  • Więcej czadu!
    Więcej czadu!1990
  • Wyrzuć mamę z pociągu
    Wyrzuć mamę z pociągu1987
  • Wiklinowy koszyk 2
    Wiklinowy koszyk 21990
  • Na skróty
    Na skróty1993
  • Wiklinowy koszyk 3
    Wiklinowy koszyk 31992
  • Błękit nieba
    Błękit nieba1994
  • Czarna magia
    Czarna magia1988
  • Straight on Till Morning
    Straight on Till Morning1972
  • Our Gang Follies of 1938
    Our Gang Follies of 19381937
  • Count Basie własnymi słowami
    Count Basie własnymi słowami2018
  • The Ghosts of Motley Hall
    The Ghosts of Motley Hall3 seasons
  • Alfie Darling
    Alfie Darling1975
  • Trefne pieniądze
    Trefne pieniądze1982
  • Cinderella's Feller
    Cinderella's Feller1940

Filmografia

2018
2002
Sue Thomas F.B.Eye · as Receptionist
1994
Blue Sky · as Lydia
1993
Short Cuts · as Tess Trainer
1992
Basket Case 3 · as Granny Ruth
1991
The New WKRP in Cincinnati · as Carrie Caravella
1990
Pump Up the Volume · as Loretta Creswood
1990
Basket Case 2 · as Granny Ruth
1988
Witchery · as Rose Brooks
1988
Trading Hearts · as Deputy
1987
Throw Momma from the Train · as Mrs. Hazeltine
1983
Superman III · as Vera
1983
Funny Money · as Diana Sharman
1980
The Good Companions · as Ethel Georgia
1979
Yanks · as Red Cross Lady
1976
The Ghosts of Motley Hall · as Darlene Dewey
1976
Salon Kitty · as Kitty Kellermann (singing Voice)
1975
Alfie Darling · as Claire
1974
Dead Cert · as Mrs. Mervyn
1974
The Beast Must Die · as Caroline Newcliffe (uncredited/voice)Na Plex
1973
The Wicker Man · as Willow Macgreagor (voice) (uncredited)Na Plex
1972
Crown Court · as Theresa Gibson
1972
Bluebeard · as Dubbing
1972
Straight on Till Morning · as LizaNa Plex
1959
1959
1955
ITV Play of the Week · as Ellie Dafoe
1944
Musical Movieland · as Singer (uncredited)
1943
1940
Cinderella's Feller · as Singer
1937
Our Gang Follies of 1938 · as Loch Lomond Singer

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