Ann Blyth

Birth Name:

Ann Marie Blyth

Birth Place:

Mount Kisco, New York, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Won a 3rd place Laurel Award for Top Female Musical Performance for "The Helen Morgan Story" in 1958
Appeared on Broadway in a 1941 production of "Watch on the Rhine," which allowed her to be signed to Universal after the show's tour stopped in Los Angeles and she was offered a screen test
Made her screen acting debut in the film "Chip Off the Old Block" in 1944
Started out as a radio actor who worked on children's shows in New York for six years
After retiring from films, she appeared in musical theater and television, including the 1960 adaptation of "The Citadel․"
Best known for her role as Veda Pierce in "Mildred Pierce" and as Dorothy Benjamin in "The Great Caruso․"
Became a spokesperson for Hostess Cupcakes in the 1960s

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