1. Anita Ellis was a Canadian-born American singer and actress.
11 Facts About Anita Ellis
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Anita Ellis had a younger sister and two younger brothers, one of whom, Larry Kert, became an actor and singer best known for originating the role of Tony in the Broadway musical West Side Story.
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Anita Ellis graduated from Hollywood High School in 1938, and attended the College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Anita Ellis dubbed the singing voices of such actresses as Rita Hayworth, Vera-Ellen and Jeanne Crain.
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Only I didn't know she was Anita Ellis, I thought she was Rita Hayworth.
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Anita Ellis was a regular guest on The Red Skelton Show.
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Anita Ellis remarried, to neurologist Dr Mortimer Fromberg Shapiro, an Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty member on July 31,1960; the couple remained together until Shapiro's death on June 6,1995.
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Anita Ellis returned to professional singing with performances in nightclubs and a recording contract with Epic Records.
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Anita Ellis gives her analyst credit for the New Sound.
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Anita Ellis had a pilot's license and flew her own plane for pleasure.
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Anita Ellis eventually ended her career in 1987 due to her stage fright.