Ann E. Todd

Ann E. Todd
File:Stronger Than Desire lobby card 3.JPG Walter Pidgeon, Ann E. Todd, and Virginia Bruce in Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Born	Ann Todd Phillips (1931-08-26) August 26, 1931 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation	Child actress
Years active	1939-53
Spouse(s)	Robert Basart (1951–1993; his death)
Children	2

Ann E. Todd (born August 26, 1931) is an American former child actress.

Early years

Todd was born Ann Todd Phillips in 1931 in Denver, Colorado to Burrill L. and Alberta C. (née Mayfield) Phillips. She had a younger brother, Stephen (1937–1986). She is a distant relative of Mary Todd Lincoln. Due to the privations of the Great Depression, she and her younger brother were reportedly raised by her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ulysses Mayfield.

In 1942, Todd was hospitalized in critical condition when blood poisoning developed after she cut her foot playing a game in her backyard.

Career

In 1939, Todd made her acting debut in Zaza directed by George Cukor. In a career spanning over 14 years, she appeared in almost 40 movies alongside notable stars such as Claudette Colbert, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, James Stewart, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Rosalind Russell and Marlene Dietrich.

Due to the similarities between her name and the then already established British actress Ann Todd, she added the initial "E." to her name. Todd was a regular in The Stu Erwin Show between 1950–53 before quitting show business for good. She became a teacher and librarian in her later life before retiring in California.

Selected filmography

• Zaza (1939) as Toto
• Stronger Than Desire (1939) as Susan Flagg
• Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) as Jenny
• The Zero Hour (1939) as Beth
• Intermezzo (1939) as Ann Marie
• Bad Little Angel (1939) as Libbit Creighton, age 9
• Tower of London (1939) as Princess
• Destry Rides Again (1939) as Claggett girl
• The Blue Bird (1940) as Child
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) as Marianne
• Granny Get Your Gun (1940) as Charlotte
• All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Berthe
• Brigham Young (1940) as Mary Kent
• Keeping Company (1940) as First stooge
• Blood and Sand (1941) as Carmen, as a child
• How Green Was My Valley (1941) as Ceinwen
• The Men in Her Life (1941) as Rose
• Remember the Day (1941) as Kate Hill
• Kings Row (1942) as little Randy
• On the Sunny Side (1942) as Betty
• Dixie Dugan (1943) as Imogene Dugan
• Roughly Speaking (1945) as Louise Randall, as a child
• Pride of the Marines (1945) as Loretta Merchant
• My Reputation (1946) as Gretchen Van Orman
• The Jolson Story (1946) as Ann Murray, as a child
• Margie (1946) as Joyce Fontayne
• Dangerous Years (1947) as Doris Martin
• Three Daring Daughters (1948) as Ilka Morgan
• Cover Up (1949) as Cathie Weatherby

External links

• Ann E. Todd at the Internet Movie Database