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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 |
Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.[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.
- ^ 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.