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Annie Ross
Annie Ross
89 years (Jul 26, 1930 – Jul 21, 2020)
Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK
22 Movies
3 TV Shows

Annie Ross

Annie Ross has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actress with credits spread across cinema, television and everything between. Another entry worth naming is 'The Player'. The oldest credits belong to a different era of the industry. 89 years of work add up to around 25 titles. Of everything on the filmography, 'Superman III' is the work that traveled the furthest.
Annie Ross has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actress with credits spread across cinema, television and everything between. Another entry worth naming is 'The Player'. The oldest credits belong to a different era of the industry. 89 years of work add up to around 25 titles. Of everything on the filmography, 'Superman III' is the work that traveled the furthest.
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Is Annie Ross still alive?
Annie Ross passed away on July 21, 2020 at age 89.
What are the most famous roles of Annie Ross?
Annie Ross is best known for roles in Superman III, The Wicker Man, The Player.
How many movies has Annie Ross been in?
Over a 83-year career (since 1937), Annie Ross has appeared in 21 movies and 3 TV shows.
What was Annie Ross's first movie?
The career of Annie Ross began with Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937).
What is Annie Ross's most recent movie or series?
Annie Ross's most recent release is Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes, which premiered on September 13, 2020.
What TV shows has Annie Ross appeared in?
On television, Annie Ross has appeared in The Saint, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Steve Allen Show.
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Annie Ross
Annie Ross
1930-07-26 · Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK

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.Annie Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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