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Ann Dvorak
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Ann Dvorak
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-08-02,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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 him. In the late 1920s, Dvorak worked as a dance instructor and gradually began to appear on film as a chorus girl. Her friend, actress Karen Morley, introduced her to billionaire movie producer 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 Bette Davis and Joan Blondell as the doomed, unstable Vivian; in The Crowd Roars (1932) with James Cagney; and in Sky Devils (1932) opposite Spencer Tracy. Known for her style and elegance, she was a popular leading lady for Warner Bros. 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 on March 17, 1932. They left for a year-long honeymoon in spite of her contractual obligations to the studio, which led to a period of litigation and pay disputes during which she discovered she was making the same amount of money as the boy who played her son in Three on a Match. She completed her contract on permanent suspension, then worked as a freelancer. Although she worked regularly, the quality of her scripts declined sharply. She appeared as secretary Della Street to Donald Woods' Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). With her then-husband, Leslie Fenton, Dvorak traveled to England where she supported the war effort by working as an ambulance driver and acted in several British films. She appeared as a saloon singer in Abilene Town with Randolph Scott and Edgar Buchanan, released in 1946. The following year she adeptly handled comedy by giving an assured performance in Out of the Blue (1947). In 1948, Dvorak gave her only performance on Broadway in The Respectful Prostitute. Dvorak's marriage to Fenton ended in divorce in 1946. In 1947, she married Igor Dega, a Russian dancer who danced with her briefly in The Bachelor's Daughters. The marriage ended 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.

Filmography

7.4

Scarface
1932-04-09

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Estrellados
1930-07-07

5.3

Abilene Town
1946-01-11

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

5.7

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929-11-23

5.9

Madam Satan
1930-09-20

Gangs of New York

4.889

Gangs of New York
1938-05-23

6.5

'G' Men
1935-05-04

The Secret of Convict Lake

6.6

The Secret of Convict Lake
1951-07-29

Flame of Barbary Coast

5.6

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945-05-28

5.7

Blind Alley
1939-05-11

Three on a Match

6.2

Three on a Match
1932-10-29

5.848

The Long Night
1947-05-28

I Was an American Spy

6.2

I Was an American Spy
1951-04-14

Girls of the Road

5

Girls of the Road
1940-07-24

Love Is a Racket

5.6

Love Is a Racket
1932-06-18

6.8

Heat Lightning
1934-03-01

5.7

Our Very Own
1950-07-27

5.5

This Was Paris
1942-03-21

Gentlemen Are Born

6.5

Gentlemen Are Born
1934-11-17

Murder in the Clouds

4.7

Murder in the Clouds
1934-12-15

The Crowd Roars

5.9

The Crowd Roars
1932-04-16

Thanks a Million

6

Thanks a Million
1935-11-13

6.3

Politics
1931-02-26

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

6

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950-12-08

Merrily We Live

7.1

Merrily We Live
1938-03-04

4.5

Bright Lights
1935-07-27

The Walls of Jericho

5.7

The Walls of Jericho
1948-11-22

The March of Time

0

The March of Time
1930-09-01

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

6.4

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947-04-25

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

6.8

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937-06-08

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

6

Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934-07-28

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

5.9

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932-05-28

4.2

College Coach
1933-11-04

5.7

Sweet Music
1935-02-23

5.5

Sky Devils
1932-03-12

5

Crooner
1932-08-20

6

Midnight Alibi
1934-07-12

7.6

Housewife
1934-08-11

Stronger Than Desire

5.8

Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30

Stranger in Town

3

Stranger in Town
1931-08-06

5.3

Side Streets
1934-08-14

A Life of Her Own

5.3

A Life of Her Own
1950-09-01

This Modern Age

6

This Modern Age
1931-08-29

5.8

Massacre
1934-01-20

4.8

Midnight Court
1937-03-06

5.3

Racing Lady
1937-01-12

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

5.8

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937-11-26

6.4

Dr. Socrates
1935-10-19

The Bachelor's Daughters

6.2

The Bachelor's Daughters
1946-08-06

I Sell Anything

4.5

I Sell Anything
1934-10-20

The Woman Racket

4.7

The Woman Racket
1930-01-24

0

Ramona
1916-04-05

0

The Man Hater
1917-09-02

5

Son of India
1931-08-01

0

She's No Lady
1937-08-20

Lord Byron of Broadway

4.7

Lord Byron of Broadway
1930-02-28

5

Good News
1930-08-22

The Return of Jesse James

5

The Return of Jesse James
1950-08-01

Roast-Beef and Movies

3

Roast-Beef and Movies
1934-02-09

We Who Are About to Die

6.8

We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08

Masquerade in Mexico

5.4

Masquerade in Mexico
1945-12-03

It's a Great Life

4

It's a Great Life
1929-12-06

6.1

Free and Easy
1930-03-22

Out of the Blue

6.5

Out of the Blue
1947-04-21

Squadron Leader X

0

Squadron Leader X
1943-03-01

5.9

Way Out West
1930-08-02

Our Blushing Brides

5.9

Our Blushing Brides
1930-07-19

So This Is College

4.2

So This Is College
1929-11-08

5.5

Devil-May-Care
1929-12-27

Breakdowns of 1936

0

Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30

5.5

Cafe Hostess
1940-01-11

9

Hello Pop
1933-09-16

Chasing Rainbows

4

Chasing Rainbows
1930-01-10

Manhattan Serenade

0

Manhattan Serenade
1929-12-21

The Devil's Cabaret

5.2

The Devil's Cabaret
1930-12-13

5.3

The Guardsman
1931-10-20

The Song Writers' Revue

1

The Song Writers' Revue
1929-11-27

The Way to Love

0

The Way to Love
1933-10-20

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

5.2

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935-02-02

Escape to Danger

0

Escape to Danger
1943-10-18

A Tailor-Made Man

0

A Tailor-Made Man
1931-03-28

Children of Pleasure

4.7

Children of Pleasure
1930-04-26

Bogart: The Untold Story

0

Bogart: The Untold Story
1997-01-05

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

6.4

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008-03-03

0

The Doll Shop
1929-09-28

Dance, Fools, Dance

6.4

Dance, Fools, Dance
1931-02-07