Jean Ross nasceu o 7 de maio de 1911 em Alexandria, Egito. Era atriz e foi conhecida pelo seu trabalho em Why Sailors Leave Home (1930) e Something to Read (1959). Morreu o 27 de abril de 1973 em Surrey, Inglaterra.
[on reporters badgering her about her youth in Weimar Berlin] They say they want to know about Berlin in the Thirties. But they don't want to know about the unemployment or the poverty or the Nazis marching through the streets. All they want to know is how many men I went to bed with. Really, darling, how on earth can anyone be interested in that?