Annie Ross

Annabelle McCauley Allan Short 25 July 1930 21 July 2020 known professionally as Annie Ross was a BritishAmerican 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 childrens radio contest run by Paul Whiteman She subsequently moved with her aunt ScottishAmerican 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 Garlands characters 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 Altmans 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 Altmans The Player in 1992 Ross also starred in Scottish Televisions comedydrama Charles Endell Esquire 1979 She provided the speaking voice for Britt Ekland in The Wicker Man 1973 and Ingrid Thulins 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 Kennedys 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Annie Ross licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia