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
Charles Frohman (July 15, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American theater manager and producer, who discovered and promoted many stars of the American stage. Notably, he produced ''Peter Pan'', both in London and the US, the latter production ...
. 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
''A Royal Family'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Fuller Mellish, Montagu Love and Anna Murdock.Parish & Pitts p.293 It is also sometimes alternatively titled ''The Royal Family''.
Cast
* Fuller Mell ...
'' (1915)
* ''
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines'' (1916)
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1917)
* ''Envy'' (1917)
* ''
Where Love Is'' (1917)
* ''
The Seventh Sin
''The Seventh Sin'' is a 1957 American drama film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers and George Sanders. It is based on the 1925 novel '' The Painted Veil'' by W. Somerset Maugham.
Plot
In post-World War II Hong ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Outcast'' (1917)
*''
The Beautiful Adventure'' (1917)
* ''
Please Help Emily'' (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