ANN DVORAK HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS BORN AUGUST 2,1911

ANN DVORAK HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS  
BORN AUGUST 2,1911


Ann Dvorak 
(August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress.
Early years

Anna McKim was born in New York City in 1911 to silent film actress Anna Lehr and actor/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 5 years old in the silent film version of 
Ramona (1916) and was credited "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, and she didn't see her father again until 13 years later when she made a public plea to the press to help her find him.

Career[edit]
In the late 1920s, Dvorak worked as a dance instructor and gradually began to appear on film as a chorus girl. Her friend Karen Morley introduced her to 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 Joan Blondell and Bette Davis as the doomed, 
unstable Vivian, in Love Is a Racket (1932) and 
in Sky Devils (1932) opposite Spencer Tracy.

 Known for her style and elegance, she was a popular leading lady for Warner Brothers 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 March 17, 1932

 They left for a year-long honeymoon without giving adequate notice to the studio and in spite of her contractual obligations. This led to a period of litigation and pay dispute 

She appeared as secretary Della Street to Donald Woods' Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). 

She also acted on Broadway. With her then-husband, Leslie Fenton, Dvorak traveled to England where she supported the war effort by working as an ambulance driver, and appeared in several British films.

 She appeared as a saloon singer in Abilene Town, released in 1946. The following year she showed she could handle comedy well by giving an assured performance in Out of the Blue (1947).

Later years and death

Dvorak's marriage to Fenton ended in divorce in 1946. In 1947, she married her second husband, Igor Dega, a Russian dancer who danced with her briefly in The Bachelor's Daughters. The marriage ended in divorce 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. In 1959, she and her husband moved to Hawaii, 
a place she had always loved.

Several weeks before her death, Dvorak suffered severe stomach pains. She was diagnosed with cancer that had metastasized beyond cure. She died on December 10, 1979, aged 68, in Honolulu.[4]

She was cremated and her ashes scattered off Waikiki Beach.

Legacy[edit]
Dvorak has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6321 Hollywood Boulevard for her contribution to motion pictures. It was dedicated February 8, 1960.[5]

Filmography

Ramona (1916)
The Man Hater (1917)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
So This Is College (1929)
It's a Great Life (1929)
Devil-May-Care (1929)
The March of Time (1930) (unfinished)
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
The Woman Racket (1930)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Free and Easy (1930)
Children of Pleasure (1930)
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Way Out West (1930)
Good News (1930)
Love in the Rough (1930)
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
A Tailor Made Man (1931)
Just a Gigolo (1931)
Politics (1931)
Son of India (1931)
This Modern Age (1931)
The Guardsman (1931)
Sky Devils (1932)
Scarface (1932)
The Crowd Roars (1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
Love Is a Racket (1932)
Stranger in Town (1932)
Crooner (1932)
Three on a Match (1932)
The Way to Love (1933)
College Coach (1933)
Massacre (1934)
Heat Lightning (1934)
Midnight Alibi (1934)
Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
Housewife (1934)
Side Streets (1934)
I Sell Anything (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
Sweet Music (1935)
'G' Men (1935)
Bright Lights (1935)
Dr. Socrates (1935)
Thanks a Million (1935)
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
Racing Lady (1937)
Midnight Court (1937)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
She's No Lady (1937)
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
Merrily We Live (1938)
Gangs of New York (1938)
Blind Alley (1939)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Cafe Hostess (1940)
Girls of the Road (1940)
This Was Paris (1942)
Squadron Leader X (1943)
Escape to Danger (1943)
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
Masquerade in Mexico (1945)
Abilene Town (1946)
The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
Out of the Blue (1947)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
The Long Night (1947)
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Our Very Own (1950)
A Life of Her Own (1950)
The Return of Jesse James (1950)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
I Was an American Spy (1951)
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
Short subjects[edit]
The Five Dollar Plate (1920)
The Doll Shop (1929)
Manhattan Serenade (1929)
Pirates (1930)
The Flower Garden (1930)
The Song Writers' Revue (1930)
The Snappy Caballero (1930)
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935)
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