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Anna Russell

Anna Russell

Actor

Born December 27, 1911 in London, Ontario, Canada

Died October 18, 2006

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Actress, singer, lyricist, and composer, Anna Russell began as a folk singer on BBC radio in 1931, in Canada in 1940, and since 1943, has appeared as a soloist on the concert stage, making her New York City debut in a one-woman show in 1948 with which she has toured the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada; she wrote the lyrics and music for Anna Russell's Little Show (1953) and played the Witch in the opera Hansel and Gretel (1953); with Robert Paine Grose and Joan White, she founded Grow Productions, Inc. in 1963, which presented Lady Audley's Secret at the New York World's Fair in 1964; she has composed, written, and performed her own material on Columbia recordings, is the author of The Power of Being a Positive Stinker (1955) and the Anna Russell Songbook (1958), and was the President of the B & R Music Publishing Company. She received the Canadian Women's Press Club Award in 1956 as the best Canadian comedy writer of the year.

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Alvin Purple Poster

Alvin Purple TV Series1976Mrs. Ferns

Rush TV Series1974Mrs. Robbins

The Gentlemen of Titipu Poster

The Gentlemen of Titipu TV Movie1973Lady Katisha

Matlock Police Poster

Matlock Police TV Series1971Charlotte

The Rovers Poster

The Rovers TV Series1970Mrs. Potts

Kill or Cure Poster

Kill or Cure Feature Film1962Mrs. Margaret Clifford

Zero One Poster

Zero One TV Series1962Mrs. Curzon

Tempo TV Series1961Self

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Vocalist

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar TV Series1957Self

Hansel and Gretel Poster

Hansel and Gretel Feature Film1954Rosina Rubylips - the Witch

The Tonight Show Poster

The Tonight Show TV Series1953Self - Comedienne

Omnibus TV Series1952Self - Comedienne

Music for You TV Series1951Self

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948Self

Kraft Theatre Poster

Kraft Theatre TV Series19471 episode, 1947

What Men Live by Short Film1938

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