Annie Ross
23 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 26, 1930
- Died
- Jul 21, 2020 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Annabella Logan · Annabelle Logan
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".
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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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Known for
Annie Ross: movies and TV shows
Acting (32)
- 2020
- 2002
- 1996 The Ring of Truth
as Mother
- 1994 Blue Sky
as Lydia
- 1993 Short Cuts
as Tess Trainer
- 1992 The Player
as Annie Ross
- 1992 Basket Case 3
as Granny Ruth
- 1990 Pump Up the Volume
as Loretta Creswood
- 1990 Basket Case 2
as Granny Ruth
- 1988 Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)
as Rose Brooks
- 1987 Throw Momma from the Train
as Mrs. Hazeltine
- 1985
- 1983 Superman III
as Vera Webster
- 1982
- 1982 Funny Money
as Diana Sharman
- 1979 Yanks
as Red Cross lady
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Salon Kitty
as Kitty Kellermann (singing voice)
- 1975 Alfie Darling
as Claire
- 1974 The Beast Must Die
as Caroline Newcliffe (uncredited/voice)
- 1973 The Wicker Man
as Willow MacGreagor (voice) (uncredited)
- 1972 Straight On Till Morning
as Liza
- 1969
- 1967
- 1962
- 1959
- 1944 Musical Movieland
as Singer (uncredited)
- 1943 Presenting Lily Mars
as Rosie
- 1940 Cinderella's Feller
as Singer
- 1937 Our Gang Follies of 1938
as Loch Lomond Singer
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2013
- 2012
- 2009
- 2007
- 1965
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show
1 episode
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode