Shirley Ross

Shirley Ross

Blonde, vivacious and obviously talented, Shirley Ross had the promisings of a big musical film star, but her career remained strictly second-string throughout her fairly short career. She is best remembered through her pairing with an entertainment legend: Shirley was afforded the opportunity of duetting with Bob Hope on the song "Thanks for the Memory" in the splashy musical The Big Broadcast of 1938. The song, of course, became Bob's beloved signature tune. Shirley was born Bernice Gaunt in Omaha, Nebraska in 1913. Her family moved west and she attended Hollywood High School, later studying at UCLA. Blessed with a gorgeous musical instrument, and an adept piano player as well, Shirley went on to sing with Gus Arnheim's band on the west coast, appearing at all the swanky clubs of the day, including the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, while making a decent name for herself on radio. She also appeared in a west coast production of "Anything Goes". MGM initially scooped her up, making her unbilled debut in the Jean Harlow starrer Blonde Bombshell (1933). She continued on just as obscurely in the films Hollywood Party (1934), Manhattan Melodrama (1934), The Girl from Missouri (1934), The Merry Widow (1934), and Age of Indiscretion (1935), but was finally promoted to a minor featured role in the classic earthquake epic San Francisco (1936) with Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald, in which Shirley sang "Happy New Year". In 1936, she found more visible work over at Paramount and spent the next few years there paired up vocally and romantically with either Bing Crosby or Bob Hope in their popular vehicles - The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936), Waikiki Wedding (1937), Thanks for the Memory (1938), Paris Honeymoon (1939), and Some Like It Hot (1939). Though most were trifling, insignificant time fillers, she was a diverting beauty and quite serviceable in them. She was even given the chance to topline a few of her own movies such as Prison Farm (1938), Sailors on Leave (1941), and A Song for Miss Julie (1945), which was her swan song. After leaving pictures, Shirley Ross was little heard or seen. Married first to agent John Kenneth 'Ken' Dolan, then to Everett S. 'Eddie' Blum, she had three children - two sons and a daughter. She died in Menlo Park, California of cancer in 1975.

Tentang

Stage Name: Shirley Ross

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.2385

Jenis Kelamin: Perempuan

Tanggal Lahir: 1913-01-07

Lokasi Lahir: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Riwayat Perfilman

1945

A Song for Miss Julie

Valerie Kimbro

1941

Sailors on Leave

Linda Hall

1941

Kisses for Breakfast

Juliet Marsden

1939

Unexpected Father

Dianna Donovan

1939

Some Like It Hot

Lily Racquel

1939

Cafe Society

Bells Browne

1939

Paris Honeymoon

Barbara Wayne

1938

Thanks for the Memory

Anne Merrick

1938

Prison Farm

Jean Forest

1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Cleo Fielding

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

Sally Shea

1937

Waikiki Wedding

Georgia Smith

1936

Hideaway Girl

Toni Ainsworth

1936

San Francisco

Trixie

1936

Devil's Squadron

Eunice

1935

It's in the Air

Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)

1935

I Live My Life

Vi (Uncredited)

1935

Calm Yourself

Ruth Rockwell

1935

Two Hearts in Wax Time

Mannequin Shirley (uncredited)

1935

Buried Loot

Girl in Apartment (uncredited)

1934

What Price Jazz

Singer

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

Singer in Cotton Club

1933

Bombshell

Singer (uncredited)