Ann Dvorak
Biografia
Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told The Literary Digest: "My fake name is properly pronounced vor'shack. The D remains silent." Dvorak was the daughter and only child of silent film actress Anna Lehr and director Edwin McKim. While in New York, she attended St. Catherine's Convent. After moving to California, she attended Page School for Girls in Hollywood. She made her film debut when she was five years old in the silent film version of Ramona (1916), credited as "Baby Anna Lehr". She continued in children's roles in The Man Hater (1917) and Five Dollar Plate (1920), but then stopped acting in films. Her parents separated in 1916 and divorced in 1920; she did not see her father again until 13 years later, when she made a public plea to the press to help her find him. In the late 1920s, Dvorak worked as a dance instructor and gradually began to appear on film as a chorus girl. Her friend, actress Karen Morley, introduced her to billionaire movie producer Howard Hughes, who groomed her as a dramatic actress. She was a success in such pre-Code films as Scarface (1932) as Paul Muni's sister; in Three on a Match (1932) with Bette Davis and Joan Blondell as the doomed, unstable Vivian; in The Crowd Roars (1932) with James Cagney; and in Sky Devils (1932) opposite Spencer Tracy. Known for her style and elegance, she was a popular leading lady for Warner Bros. during the 1930s, and appeared in numerous contemporary romances and melodramas. At age 19, Dvorak eloped with Leslie Fenton, her English co-star from The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932), and they married on March 17, 1932. They left for a year-long honeymoon in spite of her contractual obligations to the studio, which led to a period of litigation and pay disputes during which she discovered she was making the same amount of money as the boy who played her son in Three on a Match. She completed her contract on permanent suspension, then worked as a freelancer. Although she worked regularly, the quality of her scripts declined sharply. She appeared as secretary Della Street to Donald Woods' Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). With her then-husband, Leslie Fenton, Dvorak traveled to England where she supported the war effort by working as an ambulance driver and acted in several British films. She appeared as a saloon singer in Abilene Town with Randolph Scott and Edgar Buchanan, released in 1946. The following year she adeptly handled comedy by giving an assured performance in Out of the Blue (1947). In 1948, Dvorak gave her only performance on Broadway in The Respectful Prostitute. Dvorak's marriage to Fenton ended in divorce in 1946. In 1947, she married Igor Dega, a Russian dancer who danced with her briefly in The Bachelor's Daughters. The marriage ended two years later. Dvorak retired from the screen in 1951, when she married her third and last husband, Nicholas Wade, to whom she remained married until his death in 1975. She had no children.
Filmografia
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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Bogart: The Untold Story
Film • 1997
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The Secret of Convict Lake
Film • 1951
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I Was an American Spy
Film • 1951
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Film • 1950
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A Life of Her Own
Film • 1950
jako Mary Ashlon
The Return of Jesse James
Film • 1950
jako Sue Ellen Younger
Our Very Own
Film • 1950
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The Walls of Jericho
Film • 1948
jako Belle Connors
The Long Night
Film • 1947
jako Charlene
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Film • 1947
jako Madeleine Forestier
Out of the Blue
Film • 1947
jako Olive Jensen
The Bachelor's Daughters
Film • 1946
jako Terry Wilson
Abilene Town
Film • 1946
jako Rita
Masquerade in Mexico
Film • 1945
jako Helen Grant
Flame of Barbary Coast
Film • 1945
jako Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry
Escape to Danger
Film • 1943
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Squadron Leader X
Film • 1943
jako Barbara Lucas
This Was Paris
Film • 1942
jako Ann Morgan
Girls of the Road
Film • 1940
jako Kay Warren
Cafe Hostess
Film • 1940
jako Jo
Stronger Than Desire
Film • 1939
jako Eva McLain
Blind Alley
Film • 1939
jako Mary
Gangs of New York
Film • 1938
jako Connie Benson
Merrily We Live
Film • 1938
jako Minerva Harlan
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Film • 1937
jako Ann Rogers
She's No Lady
Film • 1937
jako Jerry
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Film • 1937
jako Della Street
Midnight Court
Film • 1937
jako Carol O'Neill
Racing Lady
Film • 1937
jako Ruth Martin
We Who Are About to Die
Film • 1937
jako Connie Stewart
Breakdowns of 1936
Film • 1936
jako Self
Thanks a Million
Film • 1935
jako Sally Mason
Dr. Socrates
Film • 1935
jako Josephine
Bright Lights
Film • 1935
jako Fay Wilson
'G' Men
Film • 1935
jako Jean Morgan
Sweet Music
Film • 1935
jako Bonnie Haydon
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
Film • 1935
jako Herself (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
Film • 1934
jako Judy
Gentlemen Are Born
Film • 1934
jako Susan Merrill
I Sell Anything
Film • 1934
jako Barbara
Side Streets
Film • 1934
jako Marguerite Gilbert
Housewife
Film • 1934
jako Nan Reynolds
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Film • 1934
jako Miss Beulah Boyd
Midnight Alibi
Film • 1934
jako Joan
Heat Lightning
Film • 1934
jako Myra
Roast-Beef and Movies
Film • 1934
jako Chorine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Massacre
Film • 1934
jako Lydia
College Coach
Film • 1933
jako Claire Gore
The Way to Love
Film • 1933
jako Madeleine
Hello Pop
Film • 1933
jako Dancer
Three on a Match
Film • 1932
jako Vivian Revere
Crooner
Film • 1932
jako Judith 'Judy' Mason
Love is a Racket
Film • 1932
jako Sally Condon
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Film • 1932
jako Madeleine Maude 'Molly' Louvain
The Crowd Roars
Film • 1932
jako Lee Merrick
Człowiek z blizną
Film • 1932
jako Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte
Sky Devils
Film • 1932
jako Mary Way
The Guardsman
Film • 1931
jako Fan Saying "There He Is" (uncredited)
This Modern Age
Film • 1931
jako Party Guest (Uncredited)
Stranger in Town
Film • 1931
jako Marian Crickle
Son of India
Film • 1931
jako Dancer (uncredited)
A Tailor-Made Man
Film • 1931
jako Bit (uncredited)
Politics
Film • 1931
jako Rally Audience Extra (uncredited)
Dance, Fools, Dance
Film • 1931
jako Chorus Girl (uncredited)
The Devil's Cabaret
Film • 1930
jako Chorine in Black (uncredited)
Madam Satan
Film • 1930
jako Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
Love in the Rough
Film • 1930
The March of Time
Film • 1930
jako Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Good News
Film • 1930
jako Student
Way Out West
Film • 1930
jako Carnival Show Girl (uncredited)
Panny młode w rumieńcach
Film • 1930
jako One of the 'Quartet' of Models with Tony (uncredited)
Estrellados
Film • 1930
jako Chorine (uncredited)
Children of Pleasure
Film • 1930
jako Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Impresario
Film • 1930
jako Chorine (uncredited)
Lord Byron of Broadway
Film • 1930
jako Chorus Girl
Kobieta do kochania
Film • 1930
The Woman Racket
Film • 1930
jako Chorus Girl
Chasing Rainbows
Film • 1930
jako Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Devil-May-Care
Film • 1929
jako Chorine (uncredited)
Manhattan Serenade
Film • 1929
jako Chorus Girl (uncredited)
It's a Great Life
Film • 1929
jako Chorus Girl
The Song Writers' Revue
Film • 1929
jako Member of the Chorus (uncredited)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Film • 1929
jako Chorus Girl from Omaha (uncredited)
So This Is College
Film • 1929
jako Student (uncredited)
The Doll Shop
Film • 1929
jako Doll
The Man Hater
Film • 1917
jako Phemie's Sister
Ramona
Film • 1916
jako Ramona Phail (age 4)