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ANN DVORAK HOLLIWOOD ACTRESS Biography Ann Dvorak made her first big entrance on August 2, 1911 in New York as Anna McKim. The only child of two vaudevillians, young Anna was raised in the business that would later make her a star (or at the least, a respected leading lady). Her father, Edwin McKim worked as a director for the Lubin Studios, and her mother, Anna Lehr, would find success as the star of many silent features. The couple split when Ann was four, and she and her mother moved to Hollywood. Ann would not see her father again until a national appeal to the press reunited the two in 1934. Ann made her film debut as “Baby Anna Lehr” in the 1916 drama Ramona. Two more silents would follow, then Ann briefly retired from show business to concentrate on her studies at the Page School for Girls in Los Angeles. In 1929, the teenager was employed with MGM as a chorine. Appearing in over 20 features and shorts for the studio, she also served as “assistant choreographe...

ANN DVORAK  HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS   BORN AUGUST 2,1911 Ann Dvora k   (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 fi...