Shirley Ross
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1913-01-07 (62 years old)
Deathday
1975-03-09
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also known As
Bernice Maude Gaunt
Bernice Dolan Blum
Shirley Ross
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 Omaha, Nebraska in 1913. Her family moved west and she attended Hollywood High School, later studying at UCLA. Blessed with a gorgeous musical instrum...
Acting
1933
as Singer (uncredited)
1938
as Cleo Fielding
1934
as Singer
1937
as Georgia Smith
1935
as Girl in Apartment (uncredited)
1939
as Lily Racquel
1941
as Juliet Marsden
1938
as Anne Merrick
1937
as Sally Shea
1936
as Gwen Holmes
1935
as Dotty
1939
as Barbara Wayne
1945
as Valerie Kimbro
1934
as Singer in Cotton Club
1935
as Ruth Rockwell
1935
as Mannequin Shirley (uncredited)
1938
as Jean Forest
1939
as Bells Browne
1936
as Eunice
1941
as Linda Hall
1939
as Dianna Donovan
1935
as Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)
1935
as Self
1935
as Vi (Uncredited)
1936
as Toni Ainsworth
1936
as Trixie
1934
as Herself
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