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Anita Ellis Biography (1920-)

Born Anita Kert, April 12, 1920, in Montreal, Canada; daughter of Harry and Lillian Pearson (Peretz) Kert; married Frank Ellis, (Colonel, U.S. Air Force)1943 (divorced 1946, died 1957); married Mortimer F. Shapiro (a neurologist),July 31, 1960. Addresses: HOME--New York, NY.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Female

Birth Details

April 12, 1920

Montreal, Canada

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL CONCERT APPEARANCES
• Libby Holman Center for the Arts, Stamford, CT, 1973.
• musical salute to Ira Gershwin, Avery Fisher Hall, NY, 1975.
• Anita Ellis Sings, Town Hall, NY, 1975.
• American Cinematheque Benefit, By George...By Ira, Carnegie Hall, NY, 1978.
• musical salute to Cole Porter, Avery Fisher Hall, NY, 1979.
• Anita Ellis Sings, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NY, 1979.
• Lyrics and Lyricists, Harburg in Hollywood, 92nd Street YHMA, NY, 1982.
• Great Ladies of Jazz, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL CABARET APPEARANCES
• The Colony, London, England.
• Riviera Hotel, Havana, Cuba.
• Fiesta Room, Empire Club, Toronto, Canada.
• Balinese Room, Hotel Galvez, Galveston, TX.
• Zephyr Room, Cleveland, OH.
• Old New Orleans Club, Washington, DC.
• La Vie en Rose, The Village Vanguard, The Blue Angel, Bon Soir, all NY, 1952-57.
• Michael's Pub, NY, 1975-75.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Sang for Rita Hayworth in Gilda, Columbia, 1946, The Loves of Carmen, Columbia, 1948, The Lady from Shanghai, Columbia, 1948, and Down to Earth, Columbia, 1948.
• sang for Vera-Ellen in Three Little Words, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950 andThe Belle of New York, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952.
• sang for Jeanne Crain in Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer,1955.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Dancing Coeds, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938.
• Babes in Arms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.
• Forty Little Mothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940.
• Strike Up the Band, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940.
• The Joe Louis Story, 1953.
• Pull My Daisy, 1953.
• Anita Ellis: For the Record, Filmex Film Festival, Aquarius Theatre, LosAngeles, 1981.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Girl of the Week, Today Show, NBC, 1958.
• inaugural broadcast, Channel 13, WNET, NY, 1961.
• Dinah! & Friends, NBC, 1980.
• Credits; SPECIALS
• Skyline--Anita Ellis: For the Record, PBS, 1979.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL RADIO APPEARANCES
• The Chesterfield Show.
• The Andy Russell Show.
• The Jack Carson Show.
• The Edgar Bergen Show.
• The Red Skelton Show.
• Credits; SERIES
• Anita Ellis Sings, WOR.
• Songs Overseas, CBS.
• Personal Album, Armed Forces Network.
• American Popular Song, National Public Radio, 1978.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Lucy Brown, The Threepenny Opera (concert version), First American MusicFestival, NY, 1952.
• understudy, Flower Drum Song, Broadway production, 1958.
• special guest appearance, Urameshia (The Ghost), Phoenix Theatre, 1960.
• Credits; SINGLES
• Anniversary Song.
• Man with a Horn.
• The Old Lamplighter.
• Either It's Love or It Isn't.
• Golden Earrings.
• Love for Love.
• I'm Yours.
• Ask Anyone Who Knows.
• Credits; SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS
• Three Little Words, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• The Belle of New York, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Coral.
• Credits; ALBUMS
• I Wonder What Became of Me, Epic, 1953.
• Hims, Epic, 1954.
• The World in My Arms, Elektra, 1960.
• Anita Ellis--Echoes, Michael's Pub, 1979.
• Anita Ellis with Ellis Larkins: A Legend Sings, Orion Master Recordings,1979.