Shirley Ross | |
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Born | Bernice Maude Gaunt January 7, 1913 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | March 9, 1975 Menlo Park, California, U.S. | (aged 62)
Other names | Bernice Dolan Blum |
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Years active | 1927–1946 |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1] |
Spouses | Ken Dolan
(m. 1938; died 1951)Eddie Blum (m. 1955) |
Children | 3 |
Shirley Ross (born Bernice Maude Gaunt, January 7, 1913 – March 9, 1975) was an American actress and singer, notable for her duet with Bob Hope, "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938. She appeared in 25 feature films between 1933 and 1945, including singing earlier and wholly different lyrics for the Rodgers and Hart song in Manhattan Melodrama (1934) that later became "Blue Moon."