Shirley Ross
Birthday
1913/01/07
Day of death
1975/03/09 (62 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also know as
Bernice Maude Gaunt, Bernice Dolan Blum
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1933) Bombshell
as Singer (uncredited)
(1938) The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Cleo Fielding
(1934) What Price Jazz
as Singer
(1937) Waikiki Wedding
as Georgia Smith
(1935) Buried Loot
as Girl in Apartment (uncredited)
(1939) Some Like It Hot
as Lily Racquel
(1941) Kisses for Breakfast
as Juliet Marsden
(1938) Thanks for the Memory
as Anne Merrick
(1937) Blossoms On Broadway
as Sally Shea
(1936) The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Gwen Holmes
(1935) Age of Indiscretion
as Dotty
(1939) Paris Honeymoon
as Barbara Wayne
(1945) A Song for Miss Julie
as Valerie Kimbro
(1934) Manhattan Melodrama
as Singer in Cotton Club
(1935) Calm Yourself
as Ruth Rockwell
(1935) Two Hearts in Wax Time
as Mannequin Shirley (uncredited)
(1938) Prison Farm
as Jean Forest
(1939) Cafe Society
as Bells Browne
(1936) Devil's Squadron
as Eunice
(1941) Sailors on Leave
as Linda Hall
(1939) Unexpected Father
as Dianna Donovan
(1935) It's in the Air
as Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)
(1935) La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
(1935) I Live My Life
as Vi (Uncredited)
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as ---
(1936) Hideaway Girl
as Toni Ainsworth
(1936) San Francisco
as Trixie
(1934) Jail Birds of Paradise
as Herself
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---