Ann Blyth, the actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age whose breakout got here in 1945’s Mildred Pierce, has died. She was 98.
The Academy Award nominee “died peacefully of pure causes” on Wednesday, in keeping with KABC’s George Pennacchio, who famous her passing comes two months earlier than her 99th birthday.
Born Aug. 16, 1927 in Mount Kisko, New York, Blyth started acting on youngsters’s radio exhibits at age 6, earlier than touchdown her first Broadway position in Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine in 1941. Whereas touring with the present in Los Angeles, she landed a contract with Common Studios.
Making her onscreen debut within the 1944 teen musical Chip Off the Outdated Block, Blyth gave her breakout efficiency in Mildred Pierce (1945) as Veda Pierce, the scheming daughter of Joan Crawford’s titular character. The position earned 16-year-old Blyth an Oscar nomination for Greatest Supporting Actress.
Blyth went on to look in such movies as Killer McCoy (1947), Brute Pressure (1947), Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948), Our Very Personal (1950) and The Nice Caruso (1951), in addition to episodes of Wagon Practice, The Twilight Zone, Quincy M.E. and Homicide She Wrote.
On stage, she starred in exhibits like The King and I, The Sound of Music and Present Boat.
Blyth is survived by her 5 youngsters, whom she shared with late husband Dr. James McNulty, in addition to 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
