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Ann Blyth was an American female artist whose professional career spanned from 1944 to 1985. She is recognized as a person in the United States and has five children. Her work is associated with the "oldies" genre, and she has been acknowledged in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
Blyth was born on August 16, 1928. Her discography includes five works, which have accumulated 1,191 plays from 405 listeners. She is referenced by 201 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Born
- Anne Marie Blythe , ( 1928-08-16 ) August 16, 1928 (age 97) , Mount Kisco, New York , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress, singer
- Years active
- 1933–1985
- Known for
- Mildred Pierce
- Spouse
- James McNulty ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; died 2007 )
- Family
- Dennis Day (brother-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mount Kisco
- Occupation
- film actor
- Genre
- traditional pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Studio publicity Ann Blyth.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
- Residence
- Santa Fe
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Ann Blyth
- date of birth
- 1928-08-16
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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- Ann Blyth
- name in native language
- Ann Blyth
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- birth name
- Ann Marie Blyth
- relative
- Dennis Day
- end of work period
- 1985-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ann Blyth (born Anne Marie Blythe; August 16, 1928) is an American retired actress and singer. She began her career in radio as a child before transitioning to Broadway, where she appeared in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine (1941–42). Blyth signed with Universal Studios in the 1940s and made her film debut in Chip Off the Old Block (1944), followed by a series of musical comedies. Her breakout role came in Mildred Pierce (1945), where she played the scheming Veda Pierce, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Blyth worked extensively in film throughout the 1940s and 1950s, appearing in notable films such as Brute Force (1947), The Great Caruso (1951), and The King's Thief (1955). After transitioning to theater and television in the late 1950s, she starred in productions such as The King and I and appeared on shows like The Twilight Zone and Murder, She Wrote. Blyth retired from acting in 1985. She is the earliest surviving Academy Award-nominee and one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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