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Ann Murdock (born Irene Anna Coleman; November 10, 1890 – April 22, 1939) was a stage and silent film actress popular during the 1910s. She was sometimes billed as Anna Murdock.

Career

Murdock debuted on stage in The Lion and the Mouse in 1908 in Pittsburgh. She also appeared in The Offenders in New York in 1908. Her Broadway debut came in The Noble Spaniard (1909), and her final Broadway appearance was in The Three Bears (1917).

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Personal life

Murdock's private life became public upon the death of Alf Hayman in 1921. Hayman had headed the Frohman theatrical operations after the death of Charles Frohman. When Hayman's will became public, it revealed that the bulk of his multimillion-dollar estate went to Murdock, with no bequests to his wife or his sisters. Hayman's widow expressed no desire to contest the will.

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On August 4, 1924, Murdock married Harry Carson Powers in Baltimore, Maryland. They were divorced in Paris on December 13, 1926. Murdock married Hallam Keep Williams on August 28, 1928, in Rye, New York. In May 1929, she sought a divorce from him. On October 14, 1931, she married hotel manager Cavaliere Leone Calleoni in Milan, Italy.

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Filmography

A Royal Family (1915)Survives

Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1916)Lost

The Seven Deadly Sins (1917) Envy (1917)Lost Where Love Is (1917)Survives The Seventh Sin (1917)Survives Outcast (1917)Lost The Beautiful Adventure (1917)Lost Please Help Emily (1917)Lost The Impostor (1918)(*not in LoC catalog) My Wife (1918)Lost The Richest Girl (1918)Lost

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References

External links

gallery of Ann Murdock photos (NY Public Library Billy Rose collection) portrait gallery(University of Washington, Sayre) color portrait(Library of Congress) Ann Murdock, color portrait(Library of Congress) autochrome portrait by Arnold Genthe of Ann Murdock with Genthe's cat Buzzer findagrave.com