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Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.[1]
Anna Chandler | |
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 Chandler in 1919. | |
| Born | July 4, 1884 |
| Died | July 10, 1957 (aged 73) El Sereno, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Jack Curtis (1900-?) (Divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.[citation needed] Chandler married Jack Curtis, a booking agent. They had one child, Beatrice Curtis, who became an actress and whose first husband was the vaudevillian actor Harry Fox.[2]
Chandler was a headline artist for the Orpheum Circuit. She sang songs in Hebrew and Italian almost exclusively during her career as a headliner on the Orpheum Circuit.[3] On Broadway, Chandler portrayed Mrs. Anastasia Kidd in Jumping Jupiter (1911) and Bessie Bloom in Mendel, Inc. (1929).[4]
Chandler died at age 73 in El Sereno, California.
Filmography
edit- The Big Broadcast (1932)
- Madame Racketeer (1932)
- Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
- Redhead (1941)
- Tennessee Johnson (1942)
- Thumbs Up (1943)
- Master Minds (1949)
Partial discography
editBlue Amberol 2040 Come Back, I’m Pining For You (1913)
COLUMBIA A1950 (78) She’s Good Enough to Be Your Baby’s Mother (and She’s Good Enough to Vote With You) [5]
COLUMBIA A1956 (78) You Can't Get Along With 'Em or without 'Em (recorded January 20, 1916)[6]
EDISON 51193-R (78) My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When or Why)
Sheet music
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(With her picture on cover)
- (Yr Unk) – Hello Wisconsin (Won't You Find My Yonnie Yonson
- 1915 – America I Love You
- 1916 – Rolling Stones (All Come Rolling Home Again) - Words by Edgar Leslie ; Music by Archie Gottler
- 1917 – Yankee Doodle Learns Parlez Vous Francais
- 1917 – You've Certainly Opened My Eyes
- 1917 – Never Was A Lass Like You
- 1917 – ... Somewhere In France
- 1920 – Feather Your Nest
- 1921 – Scandinavia
- 1922 – I've Got The Love-Sick Blues, Jack Mills, Inc., publisher
- 1922 – Lost (A Wonderful Girl)
- 1922 – Lovin Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)
- 1923 – Annabelle
References
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- ^ Nick Tosches (1949- ), Where Dead Voices Gather, pg. 61, Little, Brown & Company ISBN 978-0-316-89507-1 (2001) (OCLC 45757846)
- ^ Kear, Lynn; King, James (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. McFarland. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7864-5468-6. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ Old-Time Vaudeville Stars in Mme Racketeer, Springfield Republican, (Massachusetts), p. 5C, col. 8, July 17, 1932
- ^ "Anna Chandler". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "ARSC Top Ten Nominees". Archeophone Records. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project - Columbia A1500 series". Retrieved August 3, 2010
General references
- Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 6: September 1961 – August 1964, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. (1965)
- Who Was Who on Screen, First edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1974) (OCLC 841749)
- Who Was Who on Screen, Second edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1977) (LCCN 77-22651)
- Who Was Who on Screen, Third edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1983) (OCLC 239770441)
- Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900-1976, by David Ragan. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers (1976), The Late Players (1900-1974) section begins on page 539 (OCLC 2373022)
- Who's Who in Hollywood, The largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled, Two volumes, by David Ragan, New York: Facts on File (1992) (LCCN 90-2980)
External links
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- Anna Chandler at the Internet Broadway Database
- Anna Chandler at IMDb
- Anna Chandler cylinder recordings, from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
