- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 26, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK
- Died
- July 21, 2020
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 brot…
Filmography
movieCount Basie: Through His Own Eyes
2020
movieQueens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013 · Self
movieAnnie Ross: No One But Me
2012 · Herself
movieNo One But Me
2012 · Self
The Story of Hal Roach and Our Gang
movieThe Story of Hal Roach and Our Gang
2009 · Self
movieAnita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
2007 · Herself
tvSue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002 · Receptionist
movieThe Ring of Truth
1996 · Mother
movieBlue Sky
1994 · Lydia
movieShort Cuts
1993 · Tess Trainer
movieThe Player
1992 · Annie Ross
movieBasket Case 3
1992 · Granny Ruth
moviePump Up the Volume
1990 · Loretta Creswood
movieBasket Case 2
1990 · Granny Ruth
movieWitchcraft (Evil Encounters)
1988 · Rose Brooks
movieThrow Momma from the Train
1987 · Mrs. Hazeltine
movieSuperman III
1983 · Vera Webster
movieFunny Money
1982 · Diana Sharman
movieYanks
1979 · Red Cross lady
Send in the Girls
tvSend in the Girls
1978 · Velma Hardy
The Sunday Drama
tvThe Sunday Drama
1977 · Kitty
tvThe Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976 · Darlene Dewey
movieSalon Kitty
1976 · Kitty Kellermann (singing voice)
movieAlfie Darling
1975 · Claire
movieThe Beast Must Die
1974 · Caroline Newcliffe (uncredited/voice)
movieThe Wicker Man
1973 · Willow MacGreagor (voice) (uncredited)
movieStraight On Till Morning
1972 · Liza
movieOne Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
1969
tvOne Pair of Eyes
1967
Notes for a Film on Jazz
movieNotes for a Film on Jazz
1965 · Self
tvThe Saint
1962 · Annie Ross
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieMusical Movieland
1944 · Singer (uncredited)
moviePresenting Lily Mars
1943 · Rosie
movieCinderella's Feller
1940 · Singer
movieOur Gang Follies of 1938
1937 · Loch Lomond Singer