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person_profile-Annie Ross

Annie Ross Died at age: 89

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Annie Ross

Date of Birth:

Jul 26, 1930

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jul 21, 2020

Biography of

Annie Ross

    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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Annie Ross

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Filmography of

Annie Ross

Found 23 Movies in total

... 2020

... 2013

Annie Ross: No One But Me

Herself ( Actor )

... 2012

No One But Me

Self ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2007

Blue Sky

Lydia ( Actor )

... 1994

Short Cuts

Tess Trainer ( Actor )

... 1993

The Player

Annie Ross ( Actor )

... 1992

Basket Case 3: The Progeny

Granny Ruth ( Actor )

... 1992

Pump Up the Volume

Loretta Creswood ( Actor )

... 1990

Basket Case 2

Granny Ruth ( Actor )

... 1990

Witchery

Rose Brooks ( Actor )

... 1988

Throw Momma from the Train

Mrs. Hazeltine ( Actor )

... 1987

Superman III

Vera ( Actor )

... 1983

Funny Money

Diana Sharman ( Actor )

... 1982

Yanks

Red Cross lady ( Actor )

... 1979

Salon Kitty

Kitty Kellermann (singing voice) ( Actor )

... 1976

Alfie Darling

Claire ( Actor )

... 1975

The Beast Must Die

Caroline Newcliffe (uncredited/voice) ( Actor )

... 1974

The Wicker Man

Willow MacGreagor (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1972

... 1969

Presenting Lily Mars

Rosie ( Actor )

... 1943