Ann Dvorak

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

8/2/1911

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Anna McKimAnn McKimBaby Anna Lehr

Ann Dvorak

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 A...

Career Timeline

2008

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

as Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1951

The Secret of Convict Lake

as Rachel Schaeffer

I Was an American Spy

as Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips

1950

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

as Connie Kepplar

A Life of Her Own

as Mary Ashlon

The Return of Jesse James

as Sue Ellen Younger

Our Very Own

as Gert Lynch

1948

The Walls of Jericho

as Belle Connors

1947

The Long Night

as Charlene

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

as Madeleine Forestier

Out of the Blue

as Olive Jensen

1946

The Bachelor's Daughters

as Terry Wilson

Abilene Town

as Rita

1945

Masquerade in Mexico

as Helen Grant

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry

1943

Escape to Danger

as Joan Grahame

Squadron Leader X

as Barbara Lucas

1942

This Was Paris

as Ann Morgan

1940

Girls of the Road

as Kay Warren

Cafe Hostess

as Jo

1939

Stronger Than Desire

as Eva McLain

Blind Alley

as Mary

1938

Gangs of New York

as Connie Benson

Merrily We Live

as Minerva Harlan

1937

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

as Ann Rogers

She's No Lady

as Jerry

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

as Della Street

Midnight Court

as Carol O'Neill

Racing Lady

as Ruth Martin

We Who Are About to Die

as Connie Stewart

1936

Breakdowns of 1936

as Self

1935

Thanks a Million

as Sally Mason

Dr. Socrates

as Josephine

Bright Lights

as Fay Wilson

'G' Men

as Jean Morgan

Sweet Music

as Bonnie Haydon

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

as Herself (uncredited)

1934

Murder in the Clouds

as Judy Wagner

Gentlemen Are Born

as Susan Merrill

I Sell Anything

as Barbara

Side Streets

as Marguerite Gilbert

Housewife

as Nan Reynolds

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

as Miss Beulah Boyd

Midnight Alibi

as Joan

Heat Lightning

as Myra

Roast-Beef and Movies

as Chorine (archive footage) (uncredited)

Massacre

as Lydia

1933

College Coach

as Claire Gore

The Way to Love

as Madeleine

Hello Pop

as Dancer

1932

Three on a Match

as Vivian Revere

Crooner

as Judith 'Judy' Mason

Love Is a Racket

as Sally Condon

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

as Madeleine Maude 'Molly' Louvain

The Crowd Roars

as Lee Merrick

Scarface

as Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

Sky Devils

as Mary Way

1931

The Guardsman

as Fan Saying "There He Is" (uncredited)

This Modern Age

as Party Guest (Uncredited)

Stranger in Town

as Marian Crickle

Son of India

as Dancer (uncredited)

A Tailor-Made Man

as Bit (uncredited)

Politics

as Rally Audience Extra (uncredited)

Dance, Fools, Dance

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1930

The Devil's Cabaret

as Chorine in Black (uncredited)

Madam Satan

as Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)

The March of Time

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Good News

as Student

Way Out West

as Carnival Show Girl (uncredited)

Our Blushing Brides

as One of the 'Quartet' of Models with Tony (uncredited)

Estrellados

as Chorine (uncredited)

Children of Pleasure

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Free and Easy

as Chorine (uncredited)

Lord Byron of Broadway

as Chorus Girl

The Woman Racket

as Chorus Girl

Chasing Rainbows

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1929

Devil-May-Care

as Chorine (uncredited)

Manhattan Serenade

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

It's a Great Life

as Chorus Girl

The Song Writers' Revue

as Member of the Chorus (uncredited)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Chorus Girl from Omaha (uncredited)

So This Is College

as Student (uncredited)

The Doll Shop

as Doll

1917

The Man Hater

as Phemie's Sister

1916

Ramona

as Ramona Phail (age 4)