- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1911
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 10, 1979
Ann Dvorak
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 hi…
Filmography
movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage)
movieBogart: The Untold Story
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Secret of Convict Lake
1951 · Rachel Schaeffer
movieI Was an American Spy
1951 · Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips
movieMrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 · Connie Kepplar
movieA Life of Her Own
1950 · Mary Ashlon
movieThe Return of Jesse James
1950 · Sue Ellen Younger
movieOur Very Own
1950 · Gert Lynch
movieThe Walls of Jericho
1948 · Belle Connors
movieThe Long Night
1947 · Charlene
movieThe Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947 · Madeleine Forestier
movieOut of the Blue
1947 · Olive Jensen
movieThe Bachelor's Daughters
1946 · Terry Wilson
movieAbilene Town
1946 · Rita
movieMasquerade in Mexico
1945 · Helen Grant
movieFlame of Barbary Coast
1945 · Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry
movieEscape to Danger
1943 · Joan Grahame
movieSquadron Leader X
1943 · Barbara Lucas
movieThis Was Paris
1942 · Ann Morgan
movieGirls of the Road
1940 · Kay Warren
movieCafe Hostess
1940 · Jo
movieStronger Than Desire
1939 · Eva McLain
movieBlind Alley
1939 · Mary
movieGangs of New York
1938 · Connie Benson
movieMerrily We Live
1938 · Minerva Harlan
movieManhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937 · Ann Rogers
movieShe's No Lady
1937 · Jerry
movieThe Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937 · Della Street
movieMidnight Court
1937 · Carol O'Neill
movieRacing Lady
1937 · Ruth Martin
movieWe Who Are About to Die
1937 · Connie Stewart
movieBreakdowns of 1936
1936 · Self
movieThanks a Million
1935 · Sally Mason
movieDr. Socrates
1935 · Josephine
movieBright Lights
1935 · Fay Wilson
movie'G' Men
1935 · Jean Morgan
movieSweet Music
1935 · Bonnie Haydon
movieA Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935 · Herself (uncredited)
movieMurder in the Clouds
1934 · Judy
movieGentlemen Are Born
1934 · Susan Merrill
movieI Sell Anything
1934 · Barbara
movieSide Streets
1934 · Marguerite Gilbert
movieHousewife
1934 · Nan Reynolds
movieFriends of Mr. Sweeney
1934 · Miss Beulah Boyd
movieMidnight Alibi
1934 · Joan
movieHeat Lightning
1934 · Myra
movieRoast-Beef and Movies
1934 · Chorine (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMassacre
1934 · Lydia
movieCollege Coach
1933 · Claire Gore
movieThe Way to Love
1933 · Madeleine
movieHello Pop
1933 · Dancer
movieThree on a Match
1932 · Vivian Revere
movieCrooner
1932 · Judith 'Judy' Mason
movieLove is a Racket
1932 · Sally Condon
movieThe Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 · Madeleine Maude 'Molly' Louvain
movieThe Crowd Roars
1932 · Lee Merrick
movieScarface
1932 · Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte
movieSky Devils
1932 · Mary Way
movieThe Guardsman
1931 · Fan Saying "There He Is" (uncredited)
movieThis Modern Age
1931 · Party Guest (Uncredited)
movieStranger in Town
1931 · Marian Crickle
movieSon of India
1931 · Dancer (uncredited)
movieA Tailor-Made Man
1931 · Bit (uncredited)
moviePolitics
1931 · Rally Audience Extra (uncredited)
movieDance, Fools, Dance
1931 · Chorus Girl (uncredited), Choreographer
movieThe Devil's Cabaret
1930 · Chorine in Black (uncredited)
movieMadam Satan
1930 · Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
movieThe March of Time
1930 · Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieGood News
1930 · Student
movieWay Out West
1930 · Carnival Show Girl (uncredited)
movieOur Blushing Brides
1930 · One of the 'Quartet' of Models with Tony (uncredited)
movieEstrellados
1930 · Chorine (uncredited)
movieChildren of Pleasure
1930 · Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieFree and Easy
1930 · Chorine (uncredited)
movieLord Byron of Broadway
1930 · Chorus Girl
movieA Lady to Love
1930
movieThe Woman Racket
1930 · Chorus Girl
movieChasing Rainbows
1930 · Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieDevil-May-Care
1929 · Chorine (uncredited)
Manhattan Serenade
movieManhattan Serenade
1929 · Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieIt's a Great Life
1929 · Chorus Girl
movieThe Song Writers' Revue
1929 · Member of the Chorus (uncredited)
movieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Chorus Girl from Omaha (uncredited)
movieSo This Is College
1929 · Student (uncredited)
movieThe Doll Shop
1929 · Doll
movieThe Man Hater
1917 · Phemie's Sister
movieRamona
1916 · Ramona Phail (age 4)