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{{Short description|American actress and librarian (1931–2020)}}
{{Short description|American actress and librarian (1931–2020)}}
{{Distinguish|Ann Todd}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Ann E. Todd
| name = Ann Todd
| image = Stronger Than Desire lobby card 3 (cropped).JPG
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|8|26}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|8|26}}
| birth_place = [[Denver, Colorado]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Denver, Colorado]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|7|1931|8|26}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|title=Ann Basart Dies: Child Film Actress & 1950s Sitcom Regular Was 88|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/ann-basart-dead-child-actress-ann-e-todd-the-trouble-with-father-1202861587/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 17, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|7|1931|8|26}}<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|title=Ann Basart Dies: Child Film Actress & 1950s Sitcom Regular Was 88|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/ann-basart-dead-child-actress-ann-e-todd-the-trouble-with-father-1202861587/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 17, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Berkeley, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Berkeley, California]], U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|Robert Basart|1951|1993|end=died}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Robert Basart|1951|1993|end=died}}
| children = 2
| children = 2
| occupation = Child actress
| occupation = Child actress
| yearsactive = 1939–1975
| yearsactive = 1939–1953
}}
}}
'''Ann E. Todd''' (born '''Ann Todd Phillips''',<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/ann-e-todd-obituary-ml38wh8fh|title=Ann E Todd obituary|work=The Times|location=London|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> later '''Ann Basart''' or '''Ann Phillips Basart'''; August 26, 1931 – February 7, 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=ann-basart&pid=195376075&|title=Ann Basart|publisher=Legacy |accessdate=February 11, 2020}}</ref> was an American child actress. As an adult, she became a music reference librarian at [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name="Timesobit" />
'''Ann Todd''' (born '''Ann Todd Phillips''',<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/ann-e-todd-obituary-ml38wh8fh|title=Ann E Todd obituary|work=The Times|location=London|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> later '''Ann Basart''' or '''Ann Phillips Basart'''; August 26, 1931 – February 7, 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=ann-basart&pid=195376075&|title=Ann Basart|publisher=Legacy |accessdate=February 11, 2020}}</ref> was an American child actress. She was credited in four films as '''Ann E. Todd'''. As an adult, she became a music reference librarian at [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name="Timesobit" />


==Early years==
==Early years==
Todd was born in 1931 in [[Denver, Colorado]], to [[Burrill Phillips|Burrill L.]] and Alberta C. (née Mayfield) Phillips. She had a younger brother, Stephen (1937–1986). She was a distant relative of [[Mary Todd Lincoln]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} Due to the privations of the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]], she was raised by her maternal grandparents,<ref>She, but not her brother Steve, was raised by her maternal grandparents</ref> Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ulysses Mayfield,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kiley|first1=Bill|title=Air Notes and Anecdotes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3340790/greenfield_daily_reporter|agency=Greenfield Daily Reporter|date=January 8, 1940|page=2|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=October 2, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2015}}<!--There is no mention in this 1940 press notice of who had raised the then-seven-year-old girl or who her parents were.--> her adoptive name was '''Ann Todd Mayfield'''.<ref name="Clarke">{{Cite book|title=Pseudonyms|author=Joseph F. Clarke|publisher=BCA|date=1977|page=161}}</ref> (A Newspaper Enterprise Association story published June 13, 1940, refers to Mrs. A.U. Mayfield as Todd's mother.)<ref name="mci">{{cite news|last1=Harrison|first1=Paul|title=At 6 (?), Ann Todd Looks Like Shirley Temple's Successor, But She Doesn't Look Like Shirley|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8253417/mount_carmel_item/|work=Mount Carmel Item|agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association|date=June 13, 1940|location=Pennsylvania, Mount Carmel|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = January 8, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Todd was born in 1931 in [[Denver, Colorado]], to [[Burrill Phillips|Burrill L.]] and Alberta C. (née Mayfield) Phillips. She had a younger brother, Stephen (1937–1986). She was a distant relative of [[Mary Todd Lincoln]].<ref name="Deadline"/> Due to the privations of the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]], she was raised by her maternal grandparents,<ref>She, but not her brother Steve, was raised by her maternal grandparents</ref> Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ulysses Mayfield,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kiley|first1=Bill|title=Air Notes and Anecdotes|newspaper=The Daily Reporter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3340790/greenfield_daily_reporter|agency=Greenfield Daily Reporter|date=January 8, 1940|page=2|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=October 2, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2015}}<!--There is no mention in this 1940 press notice of who had raised the then-seven-year-old girl or who her parents were.--> her adoptive name was '''Ann Todd Mayfield'''.<ref name="Clarke">{{Cite book|title=Pseudonyms|author=Joseph F. Clarke|publisher=BCA|date=1977|page=161}}</ref> (A Newspaper Enterprise Association story published June 13, 1940, refers to Mrs. A.U. Mayfield as Todd's mother.)<ref name="mci">{{cite news|last1=Harrison|first1=Paul|title=At 6 (?), Ann Todd Looks Like Shirley Temple's Successor, But She Doesn't Look Like Shirley|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8253417/mount_carmel_item/|work=Mount Carmel Item|agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association|date=June 13, 1940|location=Pennsylvania, Mount Carmel|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = January 8, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>


In 1942, Todd was hospitalized in critical condition when blood poisoning developed after she cut her foot playing a game in her backyard.<ref>{{cite news|title=Child Film Star Is Critically Ill|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3340639/albuquerque_journal/|agency=Albuquerque Journal|date=May 28, 1942|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220123009/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3340639/albuquerque_journal/ |via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=October 2, 2015|archive-date=February 20, 2016 }} (Wayback Machine Archive)</ref>
In 1942, Todd was hospitalized in critical condition when [[Sepsis|blood poisoning]] developed after she cut her foot playing a game in her backyard.<ref>{{cite news|title=Child Film Star Is Critically Ill|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3340639/albuquerque_journal/|agency=Albuquerque Journal|date=May 28, 1942|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220123009/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3340639/albuquerque_journal/ |via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=October 2, 2015|archive-date=February 20, 2016 }} (Wayback Machine Archive)</ref>


==Film career==
==Film career==
Todd made her acting debut in ''[[Zaza (1939 film)|Zaza]]'' (1939) directed by [[George Cukor]]. In a career spanning over 14 years, she appeared in almost 40 movies alongside such stars as [[Ingrid Bergman]], [[Shirley Temple]], [[James Stewart]], [[John Garfield]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Barbara Stanwyck]] and [[Marlene Dietrich]].
Todd made her acting debut in ''[[Zaza (1939 film)|Zaza]]'' (1939) directed by [[George Cukor]]. In a career spanning over 14 years, she appeared in almost 40 movies alongside such stars as [[Ingrid Bergman]], [[Leslie Howard]], [[Shirley Temple]], [[James Stewart]], [[John Garfield]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Barbara Stanwyck]], and [[Marlene Dietrich]].


Due to the similarities between her name and the established British actress [[Ann Todd]], she added the initial "E." to her name.<ref name="Todd">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ann-e-todd-p71151|title=Ann E. Todd profile|publisher=Allmovie|accessdate=November 15, 2013}}</ref> Todd was a regular in ''[[The Stu Erwin Show]]'' from 1950 to 1953.<ref name=etvs>Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6477-7}}. P. 1109.</ref> She became a teacher and librarian in her later life.<ref name="Ann Todd">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/466329?465787/Little-Orvie.html|title=Little Orvie|publisher=TCM|accessdate=November 15, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012539/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/466329?465787%2FLittle-Orvie.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Due to the similarities between her name and the established British actress [[Ann Todd]], she added the initial "E." to her name.<ref name="Todd">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ann-e-todd-p71151|title=Ann E. Todd profile|publisher=Allmovie|accessdate=November 15, 2013}}</ref> Todd was a regular in ''[[The Stu Erwin Show]]'' from 1950 to 1953.<ref name=etvs>Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6477-7}}. P. 1109.</ref> She became a teacher and librarian in her later life.<ref name="Ann Todd">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/466329?465787/Little-Orvie.html|title=Little Orvie|publisher=TCM|accessdate=November 15, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012539/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/466329?465787%2FLittle-Orvie.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|rowspan=1|1937
|''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]''
|Little girl
|uncredited, listed in casting sheet as Ann Todd Mayfield
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|rowspan=2|1938
|''[[Man-Proof]]''
|Little girl
|uncredited, listed in casting sheet as Ann Todd Mayfield
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|''[[Stolen Heaven (1938 film)|Stolen Heaven]]''
|Little girl
|uncredited, listed in casting sheet as Ann Todd Mayfield
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|''[[Calling Dr. Kildare]]''
|''[[Calling Dr. Kildare]]''
|Jenny
|Jenny
|uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[The Zero Hour (1939 film)|The Zero Hour]]''
|''[[The Zero Hour (1939 film)|The Zero Hour]]''
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|''[[Bad Little Angel]]''
|''[[Bad Little Angel]]''
|Libbit Creighton, age 9
|Libbit Creighton, age 9
|uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Tower of London (1939 film)|Tower of London]]''
|''[[Tower of London (1939 film)|Tower of London]]''
|Princess
|Princess
|uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Destry Rides Again]]''
|''[[Destry Rides Again]]''
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|''[[Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet]]''
|''[[Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet]]''
|Marianne
|Marianne
|uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Granny Get Your Gun]]''
|''[[Granny Get Your Gun]]''
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|''[[Keeping Company]]''
|''[[Keeping Company]]''
|First stooge
|First stooge
|uncredited
|-
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|''[[Beyond the Blue Horizon]]''
|''[[Beyond the Blue Horizon]]''
|Tama, as a child
|Tama, as a child
|uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[That Other Woman]]''
|''[[That Other Woman]]''
|Young girl
|Young girl
|uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Over My Dead Body (1942 film)|Over My Dead Body]]''
|''[[Over My Dead Body (1942 film)|Over My Dead Body]]''
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|''[[The Jolson Story]]''
|''[[The Jolson Story]]''
|Ann Murray, as a child
|Ann Murray, as a child
|uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Margie (1946 film)|Margie]]''
|''[[Margie (1946 film)|Margie]]''
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|''[[Dangerous Years]]''
|''[[Dangerous Years]]''
|Doris Martin
|Doris Martin
|credited as Ann E. Todd
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1948
|rowspan=2|1948
|''[[Three Daring Daughters]]''
|''[[Three Daring Daughters]]''
|Ilka Morgan
|Ilka Morgan
|credited as Ann E. Todd
|-
|-
|''[[Arthur Takes Over]]''
|''[[Arthur Takes Over]]''
|Valarie Jeanne Bradford
|Valarie Jeanne Bradford
|credited as Ann E. Todd
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|1949
|rowspan=1|1949
|''[[Cover Up (1949 film)|Cover Up]]''
|''[[Cover Up (1949 film)|Cover Up]]''
|Cathie Weatherby
|Cathie Weatherby
|credited as Ann E. Todd
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|1950 to 1953
|rowspan=1|1950 to 1953
|''[[The Stu Erwin Show]]''
|''[[The Stu Erwin Show]]''
|Joyce Erwin (TV Series, main role)
|Joyce Erwin (TV series, supporting role)
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1951
|rowspan=1|1951
|''The Lion Hunters''
|''[[The Lion Hunters]]''
|Jean Forbes
|Jean Forbes
|-
|-
|''The King''
|Julie
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|-
|1953
|[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]
|French lady
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|-
|1964
|Everything's Coming Up Roses
|Maid
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|-

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Latest revision as of 00:17, 19 September 2024

Not to be confused with Ann Todd.

Ann Todd
Todd in Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Born
Ann Todd Phillips

(1931-08-26)August 26, 1931
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedFebruary 7, 2020(2020-02-07) (aged 88)[1]
Berkeley, California, U.S.
OccupationChild actress
Years active1939–1953
Spouse
Robert Basart
​
​
(m. 1951; died 1993)​
Children2

Ann Todd (born Ann Todd Phillips,[2] later Ann Basart or Ann Phillips Basart; August 26, 1931 – February 7, 2020)[3] was an American child actress. She was credited in four films as Ann E. Todd. As an adult, she became a music reference librarian at University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Early years

[edit]

Todd was born in 1931 in Denver, Colorado, to Burrill L. and Alberta C. (née Mayfield) Phillips. She had a younger brother, Stephen (1937–1986). She was a distant relative of Mary Todd Lincoln.[1] Due to the privations of the Great Depression, she was raised by her maternal grandparents,[4] Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ulysses Mayfield,[5][failed verification] her adoptive name was Ann Todd Mayfield.[6] (A Newspaper Enterprise Association story published June 13, 1940, refers to Mrs. A.U. Mayfield as Todd's mother.)[7]

In 1942, Todd was hospitalized in critical condition when blood poisoning developed after she cut her foot playing a game in her backyard.[8]

Film career

[edit]

Todd made her acting debut in Zaza (1939) directed by George Cukor. In a career spanning over 14 years, she appeared in almost 40 movies alongside such stars as Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard, Shirley Temple, James Stewart, John Garfield, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, and Marlene Dietrich.

Due to the similarities between her name and the established British actress Ann Todd, she added the initial "E." to her name.[9] Todd was a regular in The Stu Erwin Show from 1950 to 1953.[10] She became a teacher and librarian in her later life.[11]

Librarian and academic career

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After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, she attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained a master's degree in library science in 1958 and a Master of Arts in 1960.[12] She was a reference librarian at U.C. Berkeley from 1960 to 1961 and 1970 to 1990. Among her accomplishments was founding and editing Cum Notis Variorum, the library's newsletter, which gained a substantial reputation.[12] Additionally Basart wrote reviews for the Music Library Association publication Notes as well as serving as its music review editor and book review editor.

She taught at the San Francisco College for Women and at the University of California, Berkeley.[12]

In 1984, Basart established Fallen Leaf Press, publishing reference books in music as well as scores of contemporary American chamber music. Basart closed the business in 2000.

In 1993, she was recognized by the Music Library Association for lifetime achievement.[12]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1937 Rosalie Little girl uncredited, listed in casting sheet as Ann Todd Mayfield
1938 Man-Proof Little girl uncredited, listed in casting sheet as Ann Todd Mayfield
Stolen Heaven Little girl uncredited, listed in casting sheet as Ann Todd Mayfield
1939 Zaza Toto
Calling Dr. Kildare Jenny uncredited
The Zero Hour Beth
Stronger Than Desire Susan Flagg
Intermezzo Ann Marie
Bad Little Angel Libbit Creighton, age 9 uncredited
Tower of London Princess uncredited
Destry Rides Again Claggett girl
1940 The Blue Bird Little Sister
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Marianne uncredited
Granny Get Your Gun Charlotte
Little Orvie Patsy Balliser
All This, and Heaven Too Berthe
Brigham Young Mary Kent
Keeping Company First stooge uncredited
1941 Blood and Sand Carmen, as a child
Bad Men of Missouri Amy Younger
Private Nurse Barbara Winton
How Green Was My Valley Ceinwen
The Men in Her Life Rose
Remember the Day Kate Hill
1942 Kings Row Randy Monaghan, as a child
On the Sunny Side Betty
Beyond the Blue Horizon Tama, as a child uncredited
That Other Woman Young girl uncredited
Over My Dead Body Tailor's little girl
1943 Dixie Dugan Imogene Dugan
1945 Roughly Speaking Louise Randall, as a child
Pride of the Marines Loretta Merchant
1946 My Reputation Gretchen Van Orman
The Jolson Story Ann Murray, as a child uncredited
Margie Joyce Fontayne
1947 Homesteaders of Paradise Valley Melinda Hill
Dangerous Years Doris Martin credited as Ann E. Todd
1948 Three Daring Daughters Ilka Morgan credited as Ann E. Todd
Arthur Takes Over Valarie Jeanne Bradford credited as Ann E. Todd
1949 Cover Up Cathie Weatherby credited as Ann E. Todd
1950 to 1953 The Stu Erwin Show Joyce Erwin (TV series, supporting role)
1951 The Lion Hunters Jean Forbes

References

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  1. ^ a b Pedersen, Erik (February 17, 2020). "Ann Basart Dies: Child Film Actress & 1950s Sitcom Regular Was 88". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ann E Todd obituary". The Times. London. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Ann Basart". Legacy. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  4. ^ She, but not her brother Steve, was raised by her maternal grandparents
  5. ^ Kiley, Bill (January 8, 1940). "Air Notes and Anecdotes". The Daily Reporter. Greenfield Daily Reporter. p. 2. Retrieved October 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 161.
  7. ^ Harrison, Paul (June 13, 1940). "At 6 (?), Ann Todd Looks Like Shirley Temple's Successor, But She Doesn't Look Like Shirley". Mount Carmel Item. Pennsylvania, Mount Carmel. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 3. Retrieved January 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Child Film Star Is Critically Ill". Albuquerque Journal. May 28, 1942. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. (Wayback Machine Archive)
  9. ^ "Ann E. Todd profile". Allmovie. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  10. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 1109.
  11. ^ "Little Orvie". TCM. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d Mimi Tashiro, "Basart, Ann", Grove Music Online https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2083817 (accessed November 18, 2019).
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