Shirley Ross
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Matinee Theater
1955
A Song for Miss Julie
1945
as Valerie Kimbro
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
as Juliet Marsden
Sailors on Leave
1941
as Linda Hall
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Lily Racquel
Paris Honeymoon
1939
as Barbara Wayne
Cafe Society
1939
as Bells Browne
Unexpected Father
1939
as Dianna Donovan
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Cleo Fielding
Thanks for the Memory
1938
as Anne Merrick
Prison Farm
1938
as Jean Forest
Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Georgia Smith
Blossoms On Broadway
1937
as Sally Shea
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Gwen Holmes
Devil's Squadron
1936
as Eunice
Hideaway Girl
1936
as Toni Ainsworth
San Francisco
1936
as Trixie
Buried Loot
1935
as Girl in Apartment (uncredited)
Age of Indiscretion
1935
as Dotty
Calm Yourself
1935
as Ruth Rockwell
Two Hearts in Wax Time
1935
as Mannequin Shirley (uncredited)
It's in the Air
1935
as Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
I Live My Life
1935
as Vi (Uncredited)
What Price Jazz
1934
as Singer
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Singer in Cotton Club
Jail Birds of Paradise
1934
as Herself
Bombshell
1933
as Singer (uncredited)