Ross Sisters - Solid Potato Salad - 1944 |
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Wait! At 1:00 minutes of this video, the sisters start performing their absolutely incredible contortion stunts. The Ross Sisters were a trio of female sibling dancers consisting of Aggie Ross, Elmira Ross, and Maggie Ross (whose real names were Vicki, Dixie and Betsy Ross). Their public attention peaked during the 1940s, during which they were featured prominently in the film Broadway Rhythm. The Ross Sisters - Aggie, Maggie, and Elmira, who, for some reason, did not use their real-life names of Vicki (Veda Victoria Ross), Dixie (Dixie Jewel Ross), and Betsy (Betsy Ann Ross), performed as a 3-part harmony trio wherein they also danced and did acrobatics. Their sole remaining known film clip shows them performing "Solid Potato Salad" from the 1944 MGM musical "Broadway Rhythm," which features the sisters' amazing contortionism. Biographies The Ross Sisters were born in West Texas, as was their father. Shortly after they made "Broadway Rhythm," they moved to Europe where they appeared in "Piccadilly Hayride," a post-war London stage revue that ran from 1946 to 1948. They also recorded "Five Minutes More," a song later covered by Frank Sinatra. Their parents were Veda Cordelia Lipham and Charles Adolphus Ross. Betsy Ann Ross was born June 20, 1926, in Colorado City, Texas. She married Robert "Bunny" Hightower, an American dancer, on January 11, 1947. A photo of the couple is located at gettyimages.com. They had a son named Dana. They appeared together multiple times on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Robert Hightower was previously married to dancer Vera-Ellen, best known as Rosemary Clooney's sister in White Christmas. Veda Victoria (Vickie) Ross, born November 8, 1927, in Roscoe, TX. Married Robert Lamouret April March 10, 1950, in Paris. She later had a second marriage to Bob Hender. Dixie Jewel Ross, born August 9, 1929, in Loraine, TX. Married on July 10, 1948, to Richard (Dickie) Henderson, OBE, (October 30, 1922 - September 22, 1985), whose father was a Music Hall comedian and singer famous for his short, rotund appearance, bowler hat, and beautiful singing voice. He was also famous for making the original recording of the popular song "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." Dixie died at age 34 on July 10, 1963, and is buried in Gunnersbury Cemetery, London, England. [1]
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