Personal Info
Bernice Maude Gaunt
Bernice Dolan Blum
Shirley Ross
Acting
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 Omaha, Nebraska in 1913. Her family moved west and she attended Hollywood High School, later studyin…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
A Song for Miss Julie
as Valerie Kimbro
Sailors on Leave
as Linda Hall
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Kisses for Breakfast
as Juliet Marsden
Cafe Society
as Bells Browne
Unexpected Father
as Dianna Donovan
Some Like It Hot
as Lily Racquel
Paris Honeymoon
as Barbara Wayne
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Cleo Fielding
Prison Farm
as Jean Forest
