Blair Ross (born April 29, 1960)Family Search is an American actress.
Biography Ross grew up in New Jersey. She attended Vassar College where she majored in art history. After college, Ross lived in Nashville for two years before moving to New York City.
Career She has toured as part of a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
She has also guest starred in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Crafts & Burn, and Entrepreneur along with voice work in the animated television series Spy Groove and in the 2006 video game Bully from Rockstar Games as the art and photography teacher Ms. Philips.
Ross' performance of Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street was called "a zesty performance" by the Star Tribune. The Boston Herald wrote that Ross played Brock as a "peroxided diva with a throaty belt and a haughty comic style." The Los Angeles Times reported that Ross loved playing the part of Dorothy Brock and said that Ross was "looking every bit the sultry vamp" in the show.
In the performance of 2009's Being Audrey, Variety noticed her in the ensemble cast and wrote that she "does a nifty impersonation of Kay Thompson in Funny Face." The New York Times wrote that Ross was "noxiously nasty" in her role as Auntie in Side Show. The Los Angeles Times wrote that Ross "oozes pure avarice as the stepmother, known only as 'Madame,'" in Cinderella. The Washington Post writes that as 'Madame,' she does "the gargoyle thing very well."
In theatre she has performed in New York City at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the Marquis Theatre, and the St James's Theatre in musicals such as 42nd Street, Jekyll & Hyde, and Side Show.
Filmography
Theatre Year Title Role Notes1989Wonderful TownEnsemble1995CowgirlsWaitress }1997Paper MoonAunt Billie Roy1999Exactly Like YouEnsemble 2001 42nd Street Dorothy Brock Replacing Christine Ebersole2005But I'm a Cheerleader (play)Mary2009Being AudreyEnsemble 2013 Jekyll & Hyde Lady Beaconsfield, Ensemble 2014 Side Show Bearded Lady, Auntie, Ensemble2015CinderellaMadame 2017 My Fair Lady (Broadway production) Ensemble, Understudy Dame Diana Rigg
Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 Stranger in the House Susan Gummersby 2019 Toss It Adele
Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Spy Groove Windy La Tette Voice 2010-2024 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Principal Carol Huston, Joanna Markham 2 episodes 2012 Craft & Burn Ben's Mom 1 episode 2015 Entrepreneur Maureen2026Best MedicineAgnes Cloofeepisode 10
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2006 Bully Ms. Philips Voice
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