Anna Russell

Anna Russell 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 – a humorous 22-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen – and her parody How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera.

27 December 1911

Born on the same birth day (27 December): Abstrupus Danby • Ana Konjuh • Cyrus S. Eaton • Dahntay Jones • Guthrie Govan • Jacob August Franckenstein • Jacqueline Pillon • Jamaal Charles • Lucas Mangope • Marianne Elliott • Maurice De Waele • Michael Turnbull (bishop) • Pascale Dorcelus • Paul Stastny • Pavel Tretyakov • Ron Rothstein • Thea von Harbou

Born in the same month (December 1911): Broderick Crawford • Chet Huntley • Hans von Ohain • James Gregory (actor) • Jeanette Nolan • Jules Dassin • Kenneth Patchen • Lee J. Cobb • Louise Bourgeois • Naguib Mahfouz • Nicholas P. Dallis • Niels Kaj Jerne • Qian Xuesen • Ryūzō Sejima • Walter Alston