The Resume

(December 27, 1911-October 18, 2006)
Birth name is Anna Claudia Russell-Brown
Raised in England
Resided in Canada and Australia
Recorded ‘Anna Russell Sings?,' ‘Anna Russell Sings! Again?,' ‘Anna Russell's Guide to Concert Audiences' and ‘A Square Talk on Popular Music'
Comedy routines include ‘The Ring of the Nibelungs – An Analysis' and ‘How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera'

Why she might be annoying:

She was large and homely.
She studied music composition, but her teachers didn't think her works were original enough.
She once ruined a performance of ‘Cavalleria Rusticana' by tripping and knocking down the set.
She kept many pets in her house.
Her comedy is really only appreciated by classical music dorks.
One of her album covers shows her being cooked in a pot by ‘African' ‘cannibals.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She claims her voice was damaged when she got hit in the face with a hockey stick as a child.
She founded her own publishing company.
A street in Canada is named after her.
She was called ‘The Clown Princess of Comedy.'
She made fun of stuffy classical music and its fans.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bagpipe Players
• Comediennes
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2006 (Ranked: 94)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Sing Novelty/Parody Songs
• Look at Me, I'm a Helmet Head
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Look at My Album Cover
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 16751-17000 (Ranked: 16786)
• Satirists and Wits
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• Those Who Over Enunciate
• Wannabe Brits
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 8]
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 126 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 104 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 28 Votes: 67.86% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 39 Votes: 64.10% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 89 Votes: 67.42% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 311 Votes: 69.45% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 134 Votes: 52.99% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying