Ann Blyth (1928)

American actress and singer

* August 16, 1928 Mount Kisco, New York, USA
 as Ann Marie Blyth



American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her roles in the films Mildred Pierce (1945) and The Great Caruso (1951). Blyth began her career as a child actress and later transitioned to adult roles, becoming a leading lady in the 1950s. She received an Emmy Award for her performance in the television film "The Helen Morgan Story" (1957) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Mildred Pierce." Blyth continued to act in films and television throughout her career, and also appeared in several stage productions.

Vintage magazines

Mon Film, nr. 50, 9-7 1947

Books with substantial mentioning of Ann Blyth

Karen Burroughs Hannsberry Femme Noir Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Femme Noir, The Bad Girls of Film
Jefferson, N.C., 1998

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and Lennard DeCarl with William T. Leonard and Gregory W. Mank
Hollywood Players, The Forties
New Rochelle, New York, 1976

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Books with an entry on Ann Blyth

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Erster Band. A-C
Berlin, 2001

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Films

1944
Chip Off the Old Block
The Merry Monahans
Babes on Swing Street

1945
Mildred Pierce

1946
Swell Guy

1947
Brute Force
Killer McCoy

1948
Another Part of the Forest
A Woman's Vengeance
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1949
Red Canyon
Once More, My Darling
Top o' the Morning
Free for All
Once More, My Darling

1950
Our Very Own

1951
The House in the Square
Katie Did It
The Great Caruso
The Golden Horde
Thunder on the Hill

1952
The World in His Arms
One Minute to Zero
Sally and Saint Anne

1953
All the Brothers Were Valiant

1954
The Student Prince
Rose Marie

1955
Kismet
The King's Thief

1957
The Buster Keaton Story
Slander
The Helen Morgan Story

2003
Los Angeles Plays Itself

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