Ann E. Todd was born Ann Todd Phillips on August 26, 1931, in Denver, Colorado. Both of her parents had extensive careers in music. Her father, Burrill Phillips, was an accomplished composer and pianist. Ann also had one brother, Stephen, who was born in 1937 and died in 1986. Ann was adopted and raised by her maternal grandparents, and her official adopted name was Ann Todd Mayfield. Her grandparents took her to the movies often and hoped that she would one day become a child star like Shirley Temple (incidentally, she would have a small role as Temple's little sister in "The Blue Bird 1940"). Ann's grandparents eventually prodded her into a career in film, and although she was not particularly interested in acting -- her childhood ambition was to be a pilot -- she excelled at it and became one of the most popular child stars of the 1930s and '40s. In the early 1940s, she added E to her professional name to avoid being mistaken for British actress Ann Todd. Nevertheless, the two were and are frequently confused. Despite her success, appearing in some 27 films between 1939 and 1951, Ann quit acting in the 1950s. She married her second husband Robert Basart on January 29, 1955, in Berkeley, California. In 1959, she was reunited with her parents, and following in her parents' footsteps, she pursued a career in music. Ann received a master's degree in music history from the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). She taught music history in San Francisco for 3 years and then served as the music librarian at UCB for 21 years. During this time, Ann also founded a publishing company, Fallen Leaf Press, and had two children, a daughter and a son. Her husband Robert died on February 7, 1993, in Berkeley. As of this writing (2008), Ann is retired and living in northern California.
Movie | I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2021-05-02 |
Movie | The McGuffin | Mrs. Forbes-Duthie | 1986-01-12 |
Series | Maelstrom | 1985-02-05 | |
Movie | James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate | Self - Interviewee (uncredited) | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | The Human Factor | Castle's Mother | 1979-12-18 |
Movie | The Fiend | Birdy Wemys | 1972-04-30 |
Movie | 90° in the Shade | Mrs. Kurka | 1965-10-01 |
Movie | The Son of Captain Blood | Arabella Blood | 1962-07-27 |
Movie | Taste of Fear | Jane Appleby | 1961-06-05 |
Movie | Time Without Pity | Honor Stanford | 1957-03-21 |
Movie | The Green Scarf | Solange Vauthier | 1954-08-25 |
Movie | The Sound Barrier | Susan Garthwaite | 1952-10-10 |
Movie | The Lion Hunters | Jean Forbes | 1951-03-25 |
Movie | Madeleine | Madeleine Hamilton Smith | 1950-02-16 |
Series | The Stu Erwin Show | 1950-10-21 | |
Movie | The Passionate Friends | Mary Justin | 1949-01-26 |
Movie | Cover Up | Cathie Weatherby | 1949-02-25 |
Movie | Daybreak | Frances "Frankie" Tribe | 1948-05-18 |
Movie | Three Daring Daughters | Ilka Morgan | 1948-02-12 |
Movie | So Evil My Love | Olivia Harwood | 1948-08-02 |
Movie | Homesteaders of Paradise Valley | Melinda Hill (as Ann Todd) | 1947-03-31 |
Movie | Dangerous Years | Doris Martin | 1947-12-07 |
Movie | The Paradine Case | Gay Keane | 1947-12-31 |
Movie | My Reputation | Gretchen Van Orman | 1946-01-25 |
Movie | Gaiety George | Kathryn Davis | 1946-07-15 |
Movie | Margie | Joyce Fontayne (Margie's daughter) (as Ann Todd) | 1946-10-15 |
Movie | Roughly Speaking | Louise Randall as a child (as Ann Todd) | 1945-01-31 |
Movie | Pride of the Marines | Loretta Merchant (as Ann Todd) | 1945-08-24 |
Movie | The Seventh Veil | Francesca Cunningham | 1945-10-18 |
Movie | Perfect Strangers | Elena | 1945-10-15 |
Movie | Dixie Dugan | Imogene Dugan (as Ann Todd) | 1943-03-12 |
Movie | Kings Row | Randy Monaghan - as a Girl | 1942-02-02 |
Movie | Over My Dead Body | Tailor's Little Girl | 1942-01-15 |
Movie | On the Sunny Side | Betty (as Ann Todd) | 1942-02-13 |
Movie | We Serve | 1942-06-29 | |
Movie | Beyond the Blue Horizon | Tama as a Child (uncredited) | 1942-06-25 |
Movie | Bad Men of Missouri | Amy Younger | 1941-07-26 |
Movie | Blood and Sand | Carmen (as a child) | 1941-05-30 |
Movie | Danny Boy | Jane Kaye | 1941-08-25 |
Movie | How Green Was My Valley | Ceinwen | 1941-10-28 |
Movie | Remember the Day | Kate Hill (as Ann Todd) | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | Ships with Wings | Kay Gordon | 1941-11-10 |
Movie | The Men in Her Life | Rose | 1941-10-30 |
Movie | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Marianne | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | The Blue Bird | Little Sister | 1940-01-15 |
Movie | Little Orvie | Patsy Balliser | 1940-03-11 |
Movie | Keeping Company | First Stooge | 1940-12-27 |
Movie | All This, and Heaven Too | Berthe | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | Brigham Young | Mary Kent | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Stronger Than Desire | Susan Flagg | 1939-06-30 |
Movie | The Zero Hour | Beth | 1939-05-26 |
Movie | Calling Dr. Kildare | Jenny | 1939-04-28 |
Movie | Poison Pen | Ann Rider | 1939-07-03 |
Movie | Tower of London | Princess (uncredited) | 1939-11-17 |
Movie | Intermezzo: A Love Story | Ann Marie | 1939-10-06 |
Movie | Destry Rides Again | Claggett Girl | 1939-11-30 |
Movie | Bad Little Angel | Libbit Creighton, Age 9 (uncredited) | 1939-10-27 |
Movie | South Riding | Madge Carne | 1938-08-01 |
Movie | Zaza | Toto | 1938-12-29 |
Movie | Action for Slander | Ann Daviot | 1937-07-21 |
Movie | The Squeaker | Carol Stedman | 1937-11-11 |
Movie | Things to Come | Mary Gordon | 1936-03-31 |
Movie | The Return of Bulldog Drummond | Phyllis Drummond | 1934-04-19 |
Movie | The Water Gipsies | Jane Bell | 1932-03-21 |
Movie | These Charming People | Pamela Crawford | 1931-07-23 |
Movie | The Ghost Train | Peggy Murdock | 1931-09-22 |
Movie | Keepers of Youth | Millicent | 1931-12-31 |