Anne Sargent (born Helen W. Thomas; November 18, 1923 – July 23, 2007) was a film and stage actress from West Pittston, Pennsylvania,''

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, July 27, 1950, pg. B10. who performed in theater under the direction of

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, in 1948–1950. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs. Halloran in the 1948 motion picture ''

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''.

Career

In March 1949 Sargent was featured in a production of ''I Know My Love'' at the Biltmore Theatre, in

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, which starred Lunt and

Lynn Fontanne Lynn Fontanne (; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was an English actress. After early success in supporting roles in the West End theatre, West End, she met the American actor Alfred Lunt, whom she married in 1922 and with whom she co-starred i ...

. In July 1950, she was signed by

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to act in '' Three Guys Named Mike''. On television, she played in the '' Bewitched'' episode "A Strange Little Visitor" and appeared on ''

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'' in 1958 as Eileen Harrison, wife of the title character, in "The Case of the Married Moonlighter".

Personal life

Sargent's first marriage was to Edmon Ryan, an actor with

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. Sargent accompanied her second husband, Paul McGrath, to England in 1978. McGrath, the voice of ''

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'' in the 1940s and early 1950s, died in his sleep while the couple were staying in

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. Sargent's daughter with Ryan is actress Hilary Shelton Ryan, who studied at the Tudor Hall School, in Wickham Park, near

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.''Hilary Ryan Is Fiancee Of Adam Gregory Norton'', ''The New York Times'', December 23, 1979, pg. 37.

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