Anna Chandler

Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.[1]

Anna Chandler
Chandler in 1919.
BornJuly 4, 1884
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 10, 1957(1957-07-10) (aged 73)
El Sereno, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Jack Curtis (1900-?) (Divorced)
ChildrenBeatrice Curtis

She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. On November 13, 1900, Chandler married Jack Curtis, whose birth name was Jacob Zinn, in Manhattan, New York. Curtis was a booker for Keith Albee, and later, a theatrical agent. They had one child, Beatrice Curtis, who became an actress and whose first husband was the vaudevillian actor Harry Fox of the dance the foxtrot.

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.[2]

Anna Chandler died at age 73 in El Sereno, California.

Filmography

Partial discography

COLUMBIA A1956 (78) You Can't Get Along With 'Em or without 'Em (recorded January 20, 1916)[3]

EDISON 51193-R (78) My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When or Why)

Sheet Music
I've Got The Love-Sick Blues

(With her picture on cover)

  • (Yr Unk) – Hello Wisconsin (Won't You Find My Yonnie Yonson
  • 1915 – America I Love You
  • 1917 – Yankee Doodle Learns Parlez Vous Francais
  • 1917 – You've Certainly Opened My Eyes
  • 1917 – Never Was A Lass Like You
  • 1917 – ... Somewhere In France
  • 1920 – Feather Your Nest
  • 1921 – Scandinavia
  • 1922 – I've Got The Love-Sick Blues, Jack Mills, Inc., publisher
  • 1922 – Lost (A Wonderful Girl)
  • 1922 – Lovin Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)
  • 1923 – Annabelle

References

General references

  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 6: September 1961 – August 1964, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. (1965)
  • Who Was Who on Screen, First edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1974) (OCLC 841749)
  • Who Was Who on Screen, Second edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1977) (LCCN 77-22651)
  • Who Was Who on Screen, Third edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1983) (OCLC 239770441)
  • Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900-1976, by David Ragan. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers (1976), The Late Players (1900-1974) section begins on page 539 (OCLC 2373022)
  • Who's Who in Hollywood, The largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled, Two volumes, by David Ragan, New York: Facts on File (1992) (LCCN 90-2980)

Inline citations

  1. Nick Tosches (1949- ), Where Dead Voices Gather, pg. 61, Little, Brown & Company ISBN 978-0-316-89507-1 (2001) (OCLC 45757846)
  2. Old-Time Vaudeville Stars in Mme Racketeer, Springfield Republican, (Massachusetts), p. 5C, col. 8, July 17, 1932
  3. Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project - Columbia A1500 series". Retrieved August 3, 2010


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