She was top-billed in Red Canyon (1949), a Western with Howard Duff. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) with William Powell. The play was a prequel to The Little Foxes. She was then cast in the part of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest (1948), an adaptation of the 1946 play where Regina had been played by Patricia Neal. Back at Universal, she did a Film Noir with Charles Boyer, A Woman's Vengeance (1948). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed her to play the female lead in Killer McCoy (1947), a boxing film with Mickey Rooney that was a box office hit. She recovered and made two films for Mark Hellinger's unit at Universal: Swell Guy (1946), with Sonny Tufts, and Brute Force (1947) with Burt Lancaster. After Mildred Pierce, Blyth sustained a broken back while tobogganing in Snow Valley, and was not able to fully capitalise on the film's success. Blyth was only 16 when she made the film, for which Crawford won the Best Actress award. Her dramatic portrayal won her outstanding reviews, and she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On loan to Warner Brothers, Blyth was cast 'against type' as Veda Pierce, the scheming, ungrateful daughter of Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945). She had a support role in the bigger budgeted Bowery to Broadway (1944), a showcase of Universal musical talent. She followed it with two similar films: The Merry Monahans (1944) with O'Connor and Ryan again, and Babes on Swing Street (1944) with Ryan. She made her film debut in 1944, teamed with Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in the teenage musical Chip Off the Old Block (1944). Blyth began her acting career initially as "Anne Blyth", but changed the spelling of her first name back to "Ann" at the beginning of her film career. After the New York run, the play went on tour, and while performing at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles, Blyth was offered a contract with Universal Studios. The play ran for 378 performances and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. She played the part of Paul Lukas's daughter, Babette. Her first acting role was on Broadway in Lillian Hellman's 'Watch on the Rhine' (1941-1942). When she was nine she joined the New York Children's Opera Company.
Blyth performed on children's radio shows in New York for six years, making her first appearance when she was five. After her parents separated, she, her mother and her sister moved to a walk-up apartment on East 31st Street in New York City, where her mother took in ironing. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.Īnn Blyth was born in 1928, in Mount Kisco, New York, to Harry and Nan Lynch Blyth. Her performance as Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ann Blyth in Another Part of the Forest (Michael Gordon, 1948).Īmerican actress and singer Ann Blyth (1928) was often cast in Hollywood musicals, but she was also successful in dramatic roles. ?ĭutch postcard by Foto-archief Film en Toneel, no. Roll with me on this, it's how my quirky mind turns. Both flower and Delboy bearing the same surname, obviously. PicNote: As regular followers may recall, cheekily, I've renamed this lovely crocus, Delboy, after the comedy character, Derek "Delboy" Trotter, star of BBC's smash-hit comedy Fools and Horses.
Over to you now, dear friends, spread the Flickr love. I first got to know Tasha through her wonderful pictures and she was generous enough to write a most beautiful testimonial on my behalf, for which I can't thank her enough.
Perhaps, tag your photo "Tasha Blanco-Dominguez" as I have. It is my sincere hope that my friends will find time to visit her photostream and welcome her to the Flickr family, to say, hello. Tasha, is a genuine remarkable woman facing challenging times, and deserves every ounce of support we Flickrites can muster. She is new to photography which she says is as a means of therapy for herself, and only joined Flickr earlier this month, in September. Tasha, is the young mother of "a beautiful boy who has Aspergers' Syndrome and Anxiety," whom she home tutors. I'd like to dedicate this image to Tasha Blanco-Dominguez.