Biography
Anna Russell (born Anna Claudia Russell-Brown; 27 December 1911 – 18 October 2006) was an English–Canadian singer and comedian. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best-known works are her concert performances and famous recordings of The Ring of the Nibelungs (An Analysis) – a humorous 22-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen – and (on the same album) her parody How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera. Autobiography: I'm Not Making This Up, You Know (a quote from her Ring of the Nibelung routine), ISBN 0-8264-0364-6, was published by Continuum in 1985. Edited by Janet Vickers.
The Power of Being a Positive Stinker / Perpetrated by Anna Russell, New York : Citadel Press, c1955. Reissued by Deirdre Prussak Books, Rosedale NSW 2536, Australia
The Anna Russell Song Book, New York: Citadel Press, c1960. Includes lyrics and scores of: I Gave My Love a Cherry; Rikki Tikki; Jolly old Sigmund Freud; Old Mother Slipper Slopper; Je N’ai Pas la Plume de Ma Tante; I'm Only a Faded Rose; Two Time Man; How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera; Advice on Song Selection for Concert Singers: A Square Talk on Popular Music; Anna Russell's Guide to Concert Audiences
Anna in a Thousand Cities, Rosedale NSW, Australia; by Deirdre Prussak; ISBN 0-9580819-0-5 : (memoir by Russell's "sort of adopted daughter")
Filmography
all 6
Movies 5
self 2
TV Shows 1
Anna Russell: Crown Princess of Musical Parody (2005)
The Gentlemen of Titipu (1973)
Kill or Cure (1962)
Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy (1954)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Anna Russell: The (First) Farewell Concert
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1911-12-27
Deathday2006-10-18 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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