Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann Blyth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this ...
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. D...
The Citadel
1960
as Christine Barlow
The good doctor is on trial before the British Medical Association Council, if he is found guilty, he will no longer be allowed to practice medicine. ...
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Helen Morgan
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Gloria Brent
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
Slander
1957
as Connie Martin
A tabloid magazine threatens to ruin a television performer's career.
Kismet
1955
as Marsinah
A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along...
The King's Thief
1955
as Lady Mary
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
The Student Prince
1954
as Kathie Ruder
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
Rose Marie
1954
as Rose Marie Lemaitre
Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mount...
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
as Priscilla 'Pris' Holt
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
as Self
When 78 beauties are assembled from the far corners of the globe in order to select the most beautiful girl in the world, the results are bound to be ...
The World in His Arms
1952
as Countess Marina Selanova
A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.
One Minute to Zero
1952
as Mrs. Linda Day
An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in love with an American officer charged with the evacuation...
Sally and Saint Anne
1952
as Sally O'Moyne
An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.
The House in the Square
1951
as Helen Pettigrew
Atomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefath...
Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Valerie Carns
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becomin...
The Golden Horde
1951
as Princess Shalimar
The Princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.
The Great Caruso
1951
as Dorothy Benjamin
Enrico Caruso's only passion is to sing. For that, he leaves his hometown of Naples, Italy, and travels to America to sing for the Metropolitan Opera....
Katie Did It
1950
as Katherine Standish
Katherine Standish, who has been brought up in a strict manner in a prudish New England town, falls in love with a city slicker commercial artist, Pet...
Our Very Own
1950
as Gail Macaulay
During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parent...
You Can Change The World
1950
as Self
Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, wh...
Free For All
1949
as Alva Abbott
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.
Once More, My Darling
1949
as Marita Connell
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to th...
Top o' the Morning
1949
as Conn McNaughton
A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance the local policeman's daughter.
Red Canyon
1949
as Lucy Bostel
A former outlaw goes straight and is determined to catch and tame a wild stallion. Western.
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948
as La sirène
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an u...
Another Part of the Forest
1948
as Regina Hubbard
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
as Doris Mead
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
Killer McCoy
1947
as Sheila Carrson
Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing, howe...
Brute Force
1947
as Ruth
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of e...
Swell Guy
1946
as Marian Tyler
Perception vs. reality in a tale of a scoundrel and user whose jovial manner masks his true nature until a climatic redemption.
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Veda Pierce Forrester
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Bowery to Broadway
1944
as Bessie Jo Kirby
Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly departs to work for a beautiful woman, a feud erup...
Babes on Swing Street
1944
as Carol Curtis
The president of a settlement-house group puts on a benefit variety show.
The Merry Monahans
1944
as Sheila DeRoyce
The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself...
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Glory Marlow III
The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.