Ann Murdock (born Irene Anna Coleman;
November 10, 1890 – April 22, 1939) was a stage and silent film actress popular during the 1910s. She was sometimes billed as Anna Murdock.
Career
Murdock debuted on stage in ''The Lion and the Mouse'' in 1908 in Pittsburgh. She also appeared in ''The Offenders'' in New York in 1908.
Her Broadway debut came in ''The Noble Spaniard'' (1909), and her final Broadway appearance was in ''The Three Bears'' (1917).
Personal life
Murdock's private life became public upon the death of Alf Hayman in 1921. Hayman had headed the Frohman theatrical operations after the death of
Charles Frohman. When Hayman's will became public, it revealed that the bulk of his multimillion-dollar estate went to Murdock, with no bequests to his wife or his sisters. Hayman's widow expressed no desire to contest the will.
On August 4, 1924, Murdock married Harry Carson Powers in Baltimore, Maryland. They were divorced in Paris on December 13, 1926. Murdock married Hallam Keep Williams on August 28, 1928, in Rye, New York.
In May 1929, she sought a divorce from him.
On October 14, 1931, she married hotel manager Cavaliere Leone Calleoni in Milan, Italy.
Filmography
* ''
A Royal Family'' (1915)
* ''
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
''Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines'' is an opera in three acts by Jack Beeson written in 1975 to a libretto by Sheldon Harnick after the 1901 play of the same name by Clyde Fitch. The play had previously been adapted for a 1916 silent film.
Th ...
'' (1916)
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1917)
* ''Envy'' (1917)
* ''
Where Love Is
''Where Love Is'' is a 1917 silent film drama based on the 1903 novel by William J. Locke and starring Ann Murdock.
An incomplete copy is preserved at the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The Uni ...
'' (1917)
* ''
The Seventh Sin'' (1917)
* ''
Outcast'' (1917)
*''
The Beautiful Adventure'' (1917)
* ''
Please Help Emily
''Please Help Emily'' is 1917 American silent comedy-drama film starring Ann Murdock and directed by Dell Henderson. It is based on the 1916 Broadway play ''Please Help Emily'' that starred Ann Murdock. Charles Frohman's company, of whom Murdock w ...
'' (1917)
* ''The Impostor'' (1918)
* ''My Wife'' (1918)
* ''The Richest Girl'' (1918)
Gallery
File:Where Love Is.jpg, ''Where Love Is'' (1917)
File:The Outcast.jpg, ''The Outcast'' (1917)
References
External links
*
gallery of Ann Murdock photos(NY Public Library Billy Rose collection)
portrait galleryUniversity of Washington, Sayre)
color portraitLibrary of Congress)
Ann Murdock, color portraitLibrary of Congress)
*autochrome portrait by
Arnold Genthe
Arnold Genthe (8 January 1869 – 9 August 1942) was a German-American photographer, best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and his portraits of noted people, from politicians and socialite ...
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Ann Murdockwith Genthe's cat Buzzer
findagrave.com
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1890 births
1939 deaths
American stage actresses
American silent film actresses
Actresses from New York (state)
People from Long Island
20th-century American actresses
People from Port Washington, New York