{"id":6919,"date":"2026-06-26T05:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ann-blyth-film-star-of-1940s-50s-famed-for-mildred-pierce-dead-at-98\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:22:33","slug":"ann-blyth-film-star-of-1940s-50s-famed-for-mildred-pierce-dead-at-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ann-blyth-film-star-of-1940s-50s-famed-for-mildred-pierce-dead-at-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Blyth, film star of 1940s-50s famed for ‘Mildred Pierce’, dead at 98"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ann Blyth, who earned an Oscar nomination playing Joan Crawford\u2019s malicious and deceitful teenage daughter in the classic 1945 melodrama \u201cMildred Pierce\u201d and thrived in light and heavy \u200broles during Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age, died on Wednesday at age of 98, according to media reports<\/p>\n

Blyth, who trained as \u200can opera singer and was comfortable in film musicals, dramas and even a farce in which she played a mermaid, died of natural causes, according to the reports.<\/p>\n

She made more than 30 movies during a film career lasting from 1944 to 1957. Blyth was just 16 when she gave a tour de \u200bforce performance in the film for which she is best remembered \u2014 \u201cMildred Pierce.\u201d The movie also gave temperamental cinema legend Crawford<\/a> \u200bher only career Academy Award.<\/p>\n

Ann Blyth arrives at \u201cMary Poppins\u201d 40th anniversary at El Capitan Theater on November 30, 2004 in Los Angeles. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blyth more than held her own on screen as Crawford\u2019s status-seeking, hateful and \u2060murderous daughter Veda, who competes with her mother for the same man, her stepfather, played by Zachary Scott. In one scene, Blyth \u200bslaps Crawford across the face, knocking her down.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet out before I kill you,\u201d an angry Crawford tells Blyth.<\/p>\n