1. Ann Dvorak's parents separated in 1916 and divorced in 1920; she did not see her father again until 13 years later, when she made a public plea to the press to help her find him.
11 Facts About Ann Dvorak
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Ann Dvorak was a success in such pre-Code films as Scarface as Paul Muni's sister; in Three on a Match with Bette Davis and Joan Blondell as the doomed, unstable Vivian; in The Crowd Roars with James Cagney; and in Sky Devils opposite Spencer Tracy.
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At age 19, Ann Dvorak eloped with Leslie Fenton, her English co-star from The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, and they married on March 17,1932.
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Ann Dvorak completed her contract on permanent suspension, then worked as a freelancer.
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Ann Dvorak appeared as secretary Della Street to Donald Woods' Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop.
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Ann Dvorak appeared as a saloon singer in Abilene Town with Randolph Scott and Edgar Buchanan, released in 1946.
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In 1948, Ann Dvorak gave her only performance on Broadway in The Respectful Prostitute.
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Ann Dvorak retired from the screen in 1952, when she married her final husband, Nicholas Wade, to whom she remained married until his death in 1975.
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Ann Dvorak died on December 10,1979, aged 68, in Honolulu.
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Ann Dvorak was cremated and her ashes scattered off Waikiki Beach.
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Ann Dvorak has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6321 Hollywood Boulevard for her contribution to motion pictures.