Anita Ellis (née Kert; April 12, 1920 â€" October 28, 2015) was a
Canadian-born American singer and actress.Anita Kert was born in
Montreal, Quebec, the eldest of four children born to Orthodox Jewish
parents, Harry and Lillian "Libbie" Kert (née Pearson; originally
Perec). She had a younger sister and two younger brothers, one of
whom, Lawrence Frederick Kert, became actor/singer Larry Kert
(1930â€"1991). The family moved to Hollywood when she was nine years
old. She graduated from Hollywood High School in 1938 and attended the
College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio.Ellis became a naturalized United
States citizen in 1950.Ellis dubbed the singing voices of such
actresses as Rita Hayworth (notably in Gilda, 1946), Vera-Ellen and
Jeanne Crain. Twenty-eight years after Gilda was released,
entertainment writer Rex Reed reminisced in print about Ellis's voice:
"I fell in love with Anita Ellis when I was 8 years old. ... Only I
didn't know she was Anita Ellis, I thought she was Rita Hayworth. ...
That was the sexiest voice in 1946, and it kept turning people on for
years ..."
Canadian-born American singer and actress.Anita Kert was born in
Montreal, Quebec, the eldest of four children born to Orthodox Jewish
parents, Harry and Lillian "Libbie" Kert (née Pearson; originally
Perec). She had a younger sister and two younger brothers, one of
whom, Lawrence Frederick Kert, became actor/singer Larry Kert
(1930â€"1991). The family moved to Hollywood when she was nine years
old. She graduated from Hollywood High School in 1938 and attended the
College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio.Ellis became a naturalized United
States citizen in 1950.Ellis dubbed the singing voices of such
actresses as Rita Hayworth (notably in Gilda, 1946), Vera-Ellen and
Jeanne Crain. Twenty-eight years after Gilda was released,
entertainment writer Rex Reed reminisced in print about Ellis's voice:
"I fell in love with Anita Ellis when I was 8 years old. ... Only I
didn't know she was Anita Ellis, I thought she was Rita Hayworth. ...
That was the sexiest voice in 1946, and it kept turning people on for
years ..."
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