Anna Russell

In spite of, or perhaps because of, her upbringing as a British lady of society, Anna Claudia Russell-Brown became regarded as "the world's funniest woman" for her witty satire of classical music. Russell was the daughter of an upper-class Canadian society belle and an English army colonel. Although Russell's relationship with her mother was strained, her father, a former Olympian and trained musician, supported his daughter's musical aspirations. Her education included musical and dramatic preparatory work at English boarding and continental finishing schools, after which sh...