Ann Blythe, Oscar-nominated actor and soprano, best known for playing Joan Crawford’s calculating daughter Veda in the 1945 film. Mildred PierceHas died at the age of 98, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He died of natural causes on Wednesday, KABC’s George Pennacchio reported.

Blythe received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Mildred PierceWhich was the only Oscar nomination of his career. She later had an extensive career in plays, musicals, stage work and television, while also becoming known for her work as an operatic soprano.

five days after completion of work Mildred PierceBlythe suffered a serious back injury in a sledding accident near Lake Arrowhead, California. He later described the episode in 1954 in an article titled my career toboggan rideWriting, “One minute we were going down a steep snowy hill like snow birds, when there was a crash and I fell with a thud on my back. I did not scream. The feeling was too great for him.” The injury left the 5 feet 2 inches tall actor in cast iron for seven months, followed by several months in a wheelchair. Nevertheless, she attended the 1946 Academy Awards in a specially designed gown worn on her back.

As well as his dramatic work, Blyth also found success in Hollywood musicals. An accomplished operatic soprano, she performed the song the sweetest night of the year While playing Enrico Caruso’s wife with Mario Lanza the great caruso (1951) She later also appeared in the MGM musical rose mary (1954), student prince (1954) and Vincente Minnelli’s destiny (1955)

His other film credits include brute force (1947), mr peabody and the mermaid (1948), The Buster Keaton Story (1957) with Donald O’Connor, and helen morgan story (1957), in which she played singer Helen Morgan opposite Paul Newman. after Mildred PierceShe also appeared in fat boy (1946), killer mccoy (1947), another part of the forest (1948), Top o’ the Morning (1949), golden horde (1951), i will never forget you (1951), minus one minute (1952), the world in her arms (1952), all brothers were brave (1953), king’s thief (1955) and slander (1957). helen morgan story This became her final feature film before turning away from films, although she was considered for the lead role in The Three Faces of Eve, a role that ultimately won Joanne Woodward an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Born on August 16, 1927, in Mount Kisco, New York, Anne Marie Blyth grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan after her father left the family. She began singing and reading poetry on the radio at the age of six and later performed with the San Carlos Opera Company. his breakthrough came on broadway keep an eye on the rhine (1941–42), where she played Paul Lucas’s daughter. After the production ran for approximately 400 performances, he toured nationally and was invited to the White House, where he and other cast members dined with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Universal Pictures signed Blyth in 1943 and she appeared in musicals such as Take off the old block, girls on swing street, Mira Monahans And From Bowery to BroadwayThree of them co-starred Donald O’Connor. After stepping back from films, he continued to act in Las Vegas nightclubs, regional theaters, and on television. Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, The Name of the Game, Quincy M.E. And murder, he wrote. In the 1970s, she also appeared in a series of Hostess snack cake commercials.

In her personal life, Blyth married James McNulty, a Los Angeles gynecologist, in 1953. McNulty was the brother of singer Dennis Day. The couple had five children, Timothy, Maureen, Kathleen, Terrence and Eileen, and remained together until his death in 2007 at the age of 89.

Blythe is best remembered for her Oscar-nominated role. Mildred PierceHis musical performances and a screen career spanned from Broadway and early studio films to television and live performances.