Coordinates | 28°36′50″N77°12′32″N |
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Name | Ann Blyth |
Caption | in The Student Prince (1954) |
Birth name | Ann Marie Blyth |
Birth date | August 16, 1928 |
Birth place | Mount Kisco, New York, U.S. |
Othername | Anne Blyth |
Occupation | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1944–1985 |
Spouse | Dr. James McNulty (1953–present) |
Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an American actress and singer, often cast in Hollywood musicals, but also successful in dramatic roles. Her performance as Veda Pierce in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On loan to Warner Brothers, Blyth was cast against type as Veda Pierce, the scheming, ungrateful daughter of Joan Crawford in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce. Her dramatic portrayal won her outstanding reviews and she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. (Crawford won the Best Actress award for that film.)
Having injured her back after Mildred Pierce, Blyth was not able to capitalize on its success completely, although she was still able to make a few films. She played the part of Regina Hubbard in Another Part of the Forest (a 1948 prequel to The Little Foxes), and achieved success playing a mermaid in Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. Her other films include : Our Very Own (with Farley Granger), The Great Caruso (with Mario Lanza), One Minute to Zero (with Robert Mitchum), The World in His Arms (with Gregory Peck), Rose Marie, The Student Prince, Kismet, The Buster Keaton Story, and The Helen Morgan Story (with Paul Newman). Even though her voice was more like the original Helen Morgan, her vocals were dubbed by Gogi Grant, a popular singer at the time. That soundtrack was much more successful than the film itself.
During the late 1950s and 1960s, Blyth worked in musical theater, summer stock, and television, including a starring role in a 1960 adaptation of A. J. Cronin's The Citadel. She guest starred on October 8, 1958, on NBC The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, the episode in which the 1959 Ford vehicles were introduced to the public. She appeared as the character Martha in "Suspected" in December 1959 in the CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Blyth also became the spokesperson for Hostess Cupcakes. Her most recent television appearances came in episodes of Jack Klugman's Quincy in 1983 and Angela Lansbury's Murder, She Wrote in 1985.
Blyth has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures at 6733 Hollywood Boulevard.
Blyth married James McNulty, brother of singer Dennis Day, in 1953. The couple had five children.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
Chip Off the Old Block | Glory Marlow III | ||
The Merry Monahans | Sheila DeRoyce | ||
Babes on Swing Street | Carol Curtis | ||
Bowery to Broadway | Bessie Jo Kirby | ||
1945 | Veda Pierce Forrester | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nomination | |
1946 | Swell Guy | Marian Tyler | |
Ruth | |||
Killer McCoy | Sheila Carrson | ||
A Woman's Vengeance | Doris Mead | Alternative title: The Gioconda Smile | |
Regina Hubbard | |||
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid | Lenore the Mermaid | ||
Red Canyon | Lucy Bostel | ||
Top o' the Morning | Conn McNaughton | ||
Once More, My Darling | Marita Connell | ||
Free for All | Ann Abbott | ||
1950 | Gail Macaulay | ||
Katie Did It | Katherine Standish | ||
The Great Caruso | Dorothy Benjamin | ||
Thunder on the Hill | Valerie Carns | Alternative title: Bonaventure | |
Princess Shalimar | Alternative title: The Golden Horde of Genghis Khan | ||
The House in the Square | Helen Pettigrew/Martha Forsyth | Alternative titles: I'll Never Forget You (USA) Man of Two Worlds | |
Sally and Saint Anne | Sally O'Moyne | ||
Mrs. Landa Day | |||
The World in His Arms | Countess Marina Selanova | ||
1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Priscilla "Pris" Holt | |
Rose Marie Lemaitre | |||
Kathie Ruder | |||
The King's Thief | Lady Mary | ||
Marsinah | |||
1956 | Slander | Connie | |
The Buster Keaton Story | Gloria Brent | ||
The Helen Morgan Story | Helen Morgan | Alternative titles: Both Ends of the CandleWhy Was I Born? | |
;Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1954 | Lux Video Theatre | 1 episode | |
1958–1963 | The Christophers | 2 episodes | |
1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Martha | 1 episode |
1959–1963 | Wagon Train | Various roles | 5 episodes |
1960 | The Citadel | Christine | Television movie |
1962 | The Dick Powell Show | Lizzie Hogan | 1 episode |
1963 | Saints and Sinners | Edith Berlitz | 1 episode |
1964 | The Twilight Zone | Pamela Morris/Constance Taylor | 1 episode |
1964–1965 | Burke's Law | Deidre DeMaraValerie | 2 episodes |
1965 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Lady Mei | 1 episode |
1969 | Kay Martin | 1 episode | |
1975 | Miriam Estabrook | 1 episode | |
1979–1983 | Quincy, M.E. | Velma WhiteheadDorothy Blake | 2 episodes |
1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Francesca Lodge | 1 episode |
Year | Award | Result | Category | Film |
1946 | Academy Award | Mildred Pierce | ||
1958 | Laurel Awards | Top Female Musical Performance | The Helen Morgan Story |
Category:Actors from New York Category:American child actors Category:American film actors Category:American musical theatre actors Category:American stage actors Category:American television actors Category:People from Westchester County, New York Category:1928 births Category:Living people
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