Shirley Ross

Shirley Ross (nee Bernice Maude Gaunt, 7 Januari 1913 – 9 Maret 1975) adalah seorang aktris dan penyanyi Amerika, terkenal karena duetnya dengan Bob Hope, pada lagu "Thanks for the Memory" dari The Big Broadcast of 1938. Dia muncul di 25 film antara 1933 dan 1945, termasuk menyanyi lebih awal dan lirik yang sepenuhnya berbeda untuk lagu Rodgers and Hart di Manhattan Melodrama (1934) yang kemudian menjadi "Blue Moon. "

Shirley Ross
Lahir	Bernice Maude Gaunt (1913-01-07)7 Januari 1913 Omaha, Nebraska, A.S.
Meninggal	9 Maret 1975(1975-03-09) (umur 62) Menlo Park, California, A.S.
Nama lain	Bernice Dolan Blum
Pekerjaan	Penyanyi aktris pianis
Tahun aktif	1927–1946
Suami/istri	Ken Dolan (m. 1938–51, hingga wafat) (2 anak) Eddie Blum (m. 1955–75, hingga wafat) (1 anak)
Anak	3
Orang tua	Charles Burr Gaunt and Maude C. (née Ellis) Gaunt

Pranala luar

• Shirley Ross di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Portrait of Shirley Ross seated on a desk, 1933. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Press Coverage

• United Press: "Co-Ed Crashes Gates of Hollywood Studio", The Pittsburgh Press, December 26, 1933, p. 18
• NEA (captioned photo): "The perfect legs of Shirley Ross...", The Spokane Chronicle (Monday, March 26, 1934), p. 5
• "Shirley Ross Wins Contract, Big Role", The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 8, 1936, p. 17
• "This Actress Proves Dangerous," The Pittsburgh Press (Tuesday, October 6, 1936), p. 27
• "New Star Tops State Musical," Spokane Daily Chronicle, October 12, 1936, p. 10
• Ed Sullivan: "Broadway: Building Up From a Terrific Letdown", The Pittsburgh Press, October 24, 1936, p. 6
• "'Big Broadcast' Comes Thursday: Cast for Carolina Picture Includes Benny, Gracie Allen and Burns", The Spartanburg Herald-Tribune, November 1, 1936, p. 20
• "'The Big Broadcast' Current Empire Film Has Mixture of Comedy and Music," The Lewiston Daily Sun, November 3, 1936, p. 2
• Sheilah Graham: "Hollywood Today: 'Those Who Wait' Include Stars of Filmdom," The Milwaukee Journal, November 16, 1936, p. 7
• "Miss Ross Steals Show At Paramount", The Deseret News, January 26, 1937, p. 11
• Eileen Percy: "Shirley Ross to Play Lead in 'This Way Please'", The Milwaukee Sentinel, April 30, 1937, p. 2
• "Romance in 'Waikiki Wedding: Crosby's Latest at American Said to be Topnotch,'" The San Jose News, June 14, 1937, p. 13
• Louella O. Parsons: "Shirley Ross Has New Job", The Rochester Journal, June 29, 1937, p. 6
• "Theater Gossip: Runyon Story to be Filmed," The St. Petersburg Independent, August 20, 1937, p. 5-A
• "Film Runyon's Story", The St. Petersburg Times, September 12, 1937, p. 22
• United Press: "Bing Crosby Shoots 73 to Defeat Hope", The Eugene Register-Guard, November 8, 1937, p. 6
• "Right This Way, My Charming Little Chickadees", The Pittsburgh Press, February 5, 1938, p. 10
• Associated Press wirephoto: "Finds 450 Dead," The Spokane Spokesman-Review, March 5, 1938, p. 13
• "'Big Broadcast of 1938' Stars", The Rochester (PA) Daily Times, March 31, 1938, p. 7
• "Shirley Ross Gets a Leading Role in 'Paris Honeymoon'", The Schenectady Gazette, May 18, 1938, p. 8
• Jimmy Fidler: "Hollywood Shots: Bing's lost ad lib in 'Paris Honeymoon'," The Reading Eagle, June 22, 1938), p. 8
• Sheilah Graham: "Hollywood Clothes Offering Ideas to Brides, Travelers," The Milwaukee Journal, August 8, 1938, p. 2
• Ad for "Prison Farm", The Meriden Record, August 11, 1938, p. 13. "The man she loved put her in a prison more terrifying than Devil's Island."
• "Cutie Silences Glib Bob Hope With a Smart Crack," The Pittsburgh Press, September 18, 1938, p. D7
• Associated Press: "Pair Off in Hollywood: Genevieve Tobin and Shirley Ross Are Newlyweds", The Lawrence Journal-World, September 20, 1938, p. 12
• Louella O. Parsons: "It Was Ken Vs. Ken Until Shirley Chose Ken: Miss Ross and Dolan Reveal Marriage in Nevada," The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 20, 1938, p. 3
• "Bob Hope Stars as 'Househusband'," The Spokane Chronicle, January 3, 1939, p. 14
• "Song Inspires Film," The Melbourne Age, January 7, 1939, p. 12
• Kaspar Monahan: "Two Screen Comedies on Warner Bill: Bob Hope and Shirley Ross Shine in Adaptation of Stage Hit," The Pittsburgh Press, January 14, 1939, p. 6
• Patricia Lindsay: "Faddish Diets Are Out, Says Beauty Expert", The Miami News, June 30, 1939, p. 4-C
• L.S.B. Shapiro: "A New Hit for Broadway", The Montreal Gazette, April 13, 1940, p. 10
• Louella O. Parsons: "Film Actors Find New Careers on Broadway", Milwaukee Sentinel, April 14, 1940, p. 7-D
• Associated Press: "Shirley Ross Sets Pace for Comediennes on Broadway," The Miami News, May 4, 1940, p. 6-A
• Jimmy Fidler: "Hollywood: Short Short Story," The Pittsburgh Press, August 19, 1940, p. 9
• Dee Lowrance: "Sister Sluggers: Ladies Of Hollywood Have Learned How To Flip A Mean Right and Are Glad to Oblige for the Camera", The Wilmington Star, June 29, 1941, p. 18
• Captioned photo (ad for Kisses for Breakfast): "They're Much Married", St. Petersburg Times, August 24, 1941, p. 21
• "Beautiful Star Collects Rent", The Madera Tribune, January 29, 1942, p. 1
• Associated Press: "Shirley Ross Granted Divorce From Dolan", The San Bernardino Sun, January 8, 1944, p. 2
• Dorothy Kilgallen: "Voice of Broadway: Gossip in Gotham", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 24, 1944, p. 22
• Louella O. Parsons: "Hollywood: Snapshots of Hollywood Collected at Random", Milwaukee Sentinel, July 2, 1945, p. 6
• Rick Du Brow: "Original 'Thanks for the Memory' Girl Prefers Family to Stardom; Once Musical Comedy Star", The Beaver Valley Times, July 20, 1959, p. 9
• Polly Anderson: "How 'Thanks' became Hope's signature song", The Lumberton Robesonian, May 25, 2003, p. 4C

Miscellaneous

• Google Books – Roy Hemming on Shirley Ross (1991)
• Google Books – Bernard K. Dick on Ross, Crosby & Hope (2007)
• In My Mother's Kitchen: Life, Love, and Cooking with Shirley Ross
• Shirley Ross di Internet Broadway Database
• Photographs and literature
• (Inggris) Shirley Ross di Find a Grave