---
name: "Annie Ross"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/annie-ross"
fi1m_id: "annie-ross"
imdb_id: "nm0517506"
tmdb_id: 37368
wikidata_id: "Q267184"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 July 1930"
died: "21 July 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:11:03.135024+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Annie Ross

## Identity

Annie Ross

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/annie-ross
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** annie-ross
- **IMDb ID:** nm0517506
- **TMDB ID:** 37368
- **Wikidata ID:** Q267184
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517506/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37368

Actor. Born 26 July 1930 in Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK. Died 21 July 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 July 1930, Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 21 July 2020
- **Active:** 1983–1993
- **Also known as:** Annabella Logan, Annabelle Logan
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 1980s 58 (2), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $144m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517506/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37368

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Throw Momma from the Train*](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md) (68)
- **HBO Max:** [*Superman III*](https://film.one/film/superman-iii.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Annie Ross (born Annabelle McCauley Allan Short) was a British-born American actress and singer. She began performing as a child, appearing in the Our Gang short *Our Gang Follies of 1938* (1937) and *Presenting Lily Mars* (1943).

Her film roles include Vera Webster in *Superman III* (1983), Mrs Hazeltine in *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), Loretta Creswood in *Pump Up the Volume* (1990), Tess Trainer in *Short Cuts* (1993), and Lydia in *Blue Sky* (1994). She also provided uncredited voice work, including for Britt Ekland in *The Wicker Man* (1973). Ross was best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and was married to actor Sean Lynch from 1963 to 1977.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Short Cuts* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Tess Trainer — [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), Fi1m 68, as Mrs. Hazeltine — [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)
- *Superman III* (1983), Fi1m 49, as Vera Webster — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iii.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Fi1m 90, as Willow MacGreagor (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes* (2020), Actor
- *Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye* (2002), series, as Receptionist
- *The Ring of Truth* (1996), as Mother
- *Blue Sky* (1994), as Lydia
- *Short Cuts* (1993), as Tess Trainer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *The Player* (1992), as Annie Ross — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Basket Case 3* (1992), as Granny Ruth
- *Pump Up the Volume* (1990), as Loretta Creswood
- *Basket Case 2* (1990), as Granny Ruth
- *Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)* (1988), as Rose Brooks
- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), as Mrs. Hazeltine — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)
- *Function Room* (1985), series, Actor
- *Superman III* (1983), as Vera Webster — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iii.md)
- *Month of the Doctors* (1982), series, as Penny Pinneo
- *Funny Money* (1982), as Diana Sharman
- *Yanks* (1979), as Red Cross lady
- *Send in the Girls* (1978), series, as Velma Hardy
- *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, as Kitty
- *The Ghosts of Motley Hall* (1976), series, as Darlene Dewey
- *Salon Kitty* (1976), as Kitty Kellermann (singing voice)
- *Alfie Darling* (1975), as Claire
- *The Beast Must Die* (1974), as Caroline Newcliffe (uncredited/voice)
- *The Wicker Man* (1973), as Willow MacGreagor (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)
- *Straight On Till Morning* (1972), as Liza
- *One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously* (1969), Actor
- *One Pair of Eyes* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Annie Ross
- *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor
- *Musical Movieland* (1944), as Singer (uncredited)
- *Presenting Lily Mars* (1943), as Rosie
- *Cinderella's Feller* (1940), as Singer
- *Our Gang Follies of 1938* (1937), as Loch Lomond Singer

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