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Ann Dvorak‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1911-08-02

Popularity

star1.1

Ann Dvorak

New York City, New York, USA

Ann Dvorak

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1911-08-02

Popularity

star1.1

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.

Movie Credits

Scarface

Scarface‌
star7.5
calendar 1932

Estrellados

Estrellados‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Abilene Town

Abilene Town‌
star5.2
calendar 1946

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929‌
star5.7
calendar 1929

Madam Satan

Madam Satan‌
star5.8
calendar 1930

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York‌
star4.8
calendar 1938

'G' Men

'G' Men‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

The Secret of Convict Lake

The Secret of Convict Lake‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Flame of Barbary Coast

Flame of Barbary Coast‌
star5.6
calendar 1945

Blind Alley

Blind Alley‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Three on a Match

Three on a Match‌
star6.2
calendar 1932

The Long Night

The Long Night‌
star5.8
calendar 1947

I Was an American Spy

I Was an American Spy‌
star6.2
calendar 1951

Girls of the Road

Girls of the Road‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Love Is a Racket

Love Is a Racket‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Heat Lightning

Heat Lightning‌
star6.8
calendar 1934

This Was Paris

This Was Paris‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

Our Very Own

Our Very Own‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

Gentlemen Are Born

Gentlemen Are Born‌
star6.5
calendar 1934

Murder in the Clouds

Murder in the Clouds‌
star4.7
calendar 1934

The Crowd Roars

The Crowd Roars‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Thanks a Million

Thanks a Million‌
star5.6
calendar 1935

Politics

Politics‌
star6.3
calendar 1931

Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live‌
star7.2
calendar 1938

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Bright Lights

Bright Lights‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho‌
star5.7
calendar 1948

The March of Time

The March of Time‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop‌
star6.8
calendar 1937

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Friends of Mr. Sweeney‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain‌
star5.9
calendar 1932

College Coach

College Coach‌
star4.3
calendar 1933

Sweet Music

Sweet Music‌
star5.7
calendar 1935

Sky Devils

Sky Devils‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

Crooner

Crooner‌
star5.0
calendar 1932

Midnight Alibi

Midnight Alibi‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

Housewife

Housewife‌
star7.6
calendar 1934

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Side Streets

Side Streets‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town‌
star3.0
calendar 1931

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own‌
star5.2
calendar 1950

This Modern Age

This Modern Age‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

Massacre

Massacre‌
star5.8
calendar 1934

Midnight Court

Midnight Court‌
star4.8
calendar 1937

Racing Lady

Racing Lady‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round‌
star5.8
calendar 1937

Dr. Socrates

Dr. Socrates‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

The Bachelor's Daughters

The Bachelor's Daughters‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

I Sell Anything

I Sell Anything‌
star4.5
calendar 1934

The Woman Racket

The Woman Racket‌
star5.5
calendar 1930

Ramona

Ramona‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Man Hater

The Man Hater‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Son of India

Son of India‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

She's No Lady

She's No Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Lord Byron of Broadway

Lord Byron of Broadway‌
star4.7
calendar 1930

Good News

Good News‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

The Return of Jesse James

The Return of Jesse James‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Roast-Beef and Movies

Roast-Beef and Movies‌
star3.0
calendar 1934

We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die‌
star6.8
calendar 1937

Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico‌
star5.4
calendar 1945

It's a Great Life

It's a Great Life‌
star4.0
calendar 1929

Free and Easy

Free and Easy‌
star6.1
calendar 1930

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue‌
star6.4
calendar 1947

Squadron Leader X

Squadron Leader X‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Way Out West

Way Out West‌
star5.9
calendar 1930

Our Blushing Brides

Our Blushing Brides‌
star5.9
calendar 1930

So This Is College

So This Is College‌
star4.2
calendar 1929

Devil-May-Care

Devil-May-Care‌
star5.3
calendar 1929

Breakdowns of 1936

Breakdowns of 1936‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Cafe Hostess

Cafe Hostess‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Dance, Fools, Dance

Dance, Fools, Dance‌
star6.4
calendar 1931

Hello Pop

Hello Pop‌
star9.0
calendar 1933

Chasing Rainbows

Chasing Rainbows‌
star4.0
calendar 1930

Manhattan Serenade

Manhattan Serenade‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The Devil's Cabaret

The Devil's Cabaret‌
star5.2
calendar 1930

The Guardsman

The Guardsman‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

The Song Writers' Revue

The Song Writers' Revue‌
star1.0
calendar 1929

The Way to Love

The Way to Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio‌
star5.2
calendar 1935

Escape to Danger

Escape to Danger‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

A Tailor-Made Man

A Tailor-Made Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Children of Pleasure

Children of Pleasure‌
star4.7
calendar 1930

Bogart: The Untold Story

Bogart: The Untold Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

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

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood‌
star6.4
calendar 2008

The Doll Shop

The Doll Shop‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

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