Shirley Ross

Personal Info

Birthday

January 7, 1913

Day of Death

1975-03-09

(62 years old)

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.

Known For

Manhattan Melodrama

San Francisco

Cafe Society

It's in the Air

Thanks for the Memory

Bombshell

Some Like It Hot

Age of Indiscretion

Filmography

1945
A Song for Miss Julie
as Valerie Kimbro
1941
Sailors on Leave
as Linda Hall
Kisses for Breakfast
as Juliet Marsden
1939
Unexpected Father
as Dianna Donovan
Some Like It Hot
as Lily Racquel
Cafe Society
as Bells Browne
Paris Honeymoon
as Barbara Wayne
1938
Thanks for the Memory
as Anne Merrick
Prison Farm
as Jean Forest
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Cleo Fielding
1937
Blossoms On Broadway
as Sally Shea
Waikiki Wedding
as Georgia Smith
1936
Hideaway Girl
as Toni Ainsworth
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Gwen Holmes
San Francisco
as Trixie
Devil's Squadron
as Eunice
1935
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
It's in the Air
as Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)
I Live My Life
as Vi (Uncredited)
Calm Yourself
as Ruth Rockwell
Age of Indiscretion
as Dotty
Two Hearts in Wax Time
as Mannequin Shirley (uncredited)
Buried Loot
as Girl in Apartment (uncredited)
1934
What Price Jazz
as Singer
Manhattan Melodrama
as Singer in Cotton Club
Jail Birds of Paradise
as Herself
1933
Bombshell
as Singer (uncredited)