People
Annie Ross
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes | 2020-09-13 |
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas as Self | 2013-05-10 |
No One But Me as Self | 2012-02-21 |
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer as Herself | 2007-04-30 |
The Ring of Truth as Mother | 1996-11-06 |
Blue Sky as Lydia | 1994-09-16 |
Short Cuts as Tess Trainer | 1993-09-05 |
The Player as Annie Ross | 1992-04-03 |
Basket Case 3: The Progeny as Granny Ruth | 1992-02-21 |
Pump Up the Volume as Loretta Creswood | 1990-08-22 |
Basket Case 2 as Granny Ruth | 1990-03-02 |
Witchery as Rose Brooks | 1988-12-01 |
Throw Momma from the Train as Mrs. Hazeltine | 1987-12-11 |
Superman III as Vera | 1983-06-17 |
Funny Money as Diana Sharman | 1982-01-08 |
Yanks as Red Cross lady | 1979-09-01 |
Salon Kitty as Kitty Kellermann (singing voice) | 1976-03-02 |
Alfie Darling as Claire | 1975-07-17 |
The Beast Must Die as Caroline Newcliffe (uncredited/voice) | 1974-04-01 |
The Wicker Man as Willow MacGreagor (voice) (uncredited) | 1973-12-06 |
Straight On Till Morning as Liza | 1972-07-09 |
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously | 1969-06-07 |
Notes for a Film on Jazz as Self | 1965-12-31 |
Musical Movieland as Singer (uncredited) | 1944-09-09 |
Presenting Lily Mars as Rosie | 1943-04-29 |
Cinderella's Feller as Singer | 1940-06-08 |
Our Gang Follies of 1938 as Loch Lomond Singer | 1937-12-18 |