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.

  • தலைப்பு: Shirley Ross
  • புகழ்: 1.379
  • அறியப்படுகிறது: Acting
  • பிறந்த நாள்: 1913-01-07
  • பிறந்த இடம்: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  • முகப்புப்பக்கம்:
  • எனவும் அறியப்படுகிறது: Bernice Maude Gaunt, Bernice Dolan Blum
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Shirley Ross திரைப்படங்கள்

  • 1933
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    Bombshell

    Bombshell

    6.5 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Big Broadcast of 1938

    The Big Broadcast of 1938

    5.972 1938 HD

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  • 1934
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    What Price Jazz

    What Price Jazz

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1937
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    Waikiki Wedding

    Waikiki Wedding

    5.4 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    Buried Loot

    Buried Loot

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1939
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    Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

    7.2 1939 HD

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  • 1941
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    Kisses for Breakfast

    Kisses for Breakfast

    5.5 1941 HD

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  • 1938
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    Thanks for the Memory

    Thanks for the Memory

    5.7 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Blossoms On Broadway

    Blossoms On Broadway

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Big Broadcast of 1937

    The Big Broadcast of 1937

    5.25 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    Age of Indiscretion

    Age of Indiscretion

    5.2 1935 HD

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  • 1939
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    Paris Honeymoon

    Paris Honeymoon

    3 1939 HD

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  • 1945
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    A Song for Miss Julie

    A Song for Miss Julie

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1934
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    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    Calm Yourself

    Calm Yourself

    4.5 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Two Hearts in Wax Time

    Two Hearts in Wax Time

    4.4 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    Prison Farm

    Prison Farm

    5.7 1938 HD

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  • 1939
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    Cafe Society

    Cafe Society

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1936
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    Devil's Squadron

    Devil's Squadron

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1941
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    Sailors on Leave

    Sailors on Leave

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1939
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    Unexpected Father

    Unexpected Father

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    It's in the Air

    It's in the Air

    5 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

    5.818 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    I Live My Life

    I Live My Life

    6.4 1935 HD

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  • 1941
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1936
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    Hideaway Girl

    Hideaway Girl

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    San Francisco

    San Francisco

    6.6 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Jail Birds of Paradise

    Jail Birds of Paradise

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1955
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    Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

    4.6 1955 HD

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