Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth

American actress (1927–2026)

Anne Marie Blythe, known professionally as Ann Blyth, was an American actress and singer whose career spanned five decades. 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 appeared opposite Joan Crawford, as the scheming Veda Pierce, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 40 films (1914–1957) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1914 Brute Force Universal-International 89 min 16mm B&W Sound
1944 Babes On Swing Street. Edward C. Lilley 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1944 Bowery To Broadway. Universal-International 94 min. 16mm B&W Sound
1944 Chip Off the Old Block Universal-International 71 min 16mm B&W Sound
1945 Mildred Pierce WARNER SALERNO 111 min 16mm B&W sound
1945 Mildred Pierce. Michael Curtiz 111 min B&W
1945 Swell Guy Universal-International 81 min 16mm B&W Sound
1947 Brute Force. Jules Dassin 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Killer Mccoy. Roy Rowland 103 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 A Woman's Vengeance. Zoltan Korda 96 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Free For All. Charles Barton 21 min. 16mm B&W sound
1948 MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID. Irving Pichel 89 min B&W
1949 Free For All. Universal-International 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Once More, My Darling. Robert Montgomery 94 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Our Very Own. Samuel Goldwyn Productions Inc. 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Red Canyon George Sherman 82 min Color
1949 Top O' The Morning. David Miller 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 You Can Change the World ▶ Leo McCarey B&W
1950 YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ▶ christopher-films B&W
1950 You can change the world. Leo McCarey 11:50 16mm B&W sound
1951 I’ll Never Forget You. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Katie Did It. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 The Golden Horde. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 77 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 The Great Caruso Richard Thorpe 109 min Color
1951 The Great Caruso. Loew's Inc. 109 min 35mm Color sound
1951 The House in the Square Roy Ward Baker
1951 Thunder On The Hill. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 84 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 You Can Change The World ▶ christophers 30 min 16mm B&W sound
1952 One Minute To Zero Tay Garnett 1:05 B&W
1952 One Minute To Zero. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 105 min 35mm B&W sound
1952 Sally And Saint Anne. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 The World In His Arms. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 104 min 35mm Color sound
1953 ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT. Loew’s Incorporated 95 min. 35mm Color sound
1954 Rose Marie. Loew’s Incorporated 104 min 35mm Color sound
1954 The student prince. Loew’s Incorporated 106 min 35mm Color sound
1955 KISMET. Loew’s Incorporated 113 min 35mm Color sound
1955 The King’s Thief. Loew’s Incorporated 79 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 SLANDER. Loew’s Incorporated 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The Helen Morgan Story. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 118 min 35mm B&W sound
Red Canyon. Universal-International 82 min. 35mm Color sound