Shirley Ross

b. Bernice Gaunt, 7 January 1909 (1913 is also cited), Omaha, Nebraska, USA, d. 9 March 1975, Menlo Park, California, USA. After singing with Gus Arnheim's popular dance band, Ross began appearing in Hollywood films from 1933. Among these were some musicals and some light comedies with interpolated musical numbers. She had small roles in films such as The Merry Widow (1934, which starred Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald), and in The Big Broadcast Of 1937 (1936, she sang ‘I'm Talking Through My Heart' and ‘You Came To My Rescue', the latter in duet with Frank Forrest). ...