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Ann Blyth, Oscar-Nominated ‘Mildred Pierce’ Actress, Dies at 98

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By Anita Gates, Zachary Woolfe Verified
| The New York Times Verified
Ann Blyth, Oscar-Nominated ‘Mildred Pierce’ Actress, Dies at 98 She was just 17 when she played Joan Crawford’s ungrateful daughter in the classic 1945 melodrama. It was the high point of a robust but short film career. Ann Blyth, left, and Joan Crawford in the 1945 film “Mildred Pierce.” The movie, a hit, revived Crawford’s flagging career, and Ms. Blyth’s performance earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. Credit...Warner Bros.
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Ann Blyth, Oscar-Nominated 'Mildred Pierce' Actress, Dies at 98

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By Anita Gates, Zachary Woolfe Verified
| Breaking One
Ann Blyth, an actress from Hollywood's Golden Age who earned an Oscar nomination for playing the ungrateful, manipulative, altogether evil teenage daughter to Joan Crawford's self-sacrificing mother in the 1945 film "Mildred Pierce," died Wednesday in Rancho Santa Fe, California. She was 98. Her family announced the death but did not provide further details. Blyth was just 17 when she made "Mildred Pierce," based on James M. Cain's hard-boiled 1941 novel.
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Lauren Chapin, youngest child on 'Father Knows Best,' dies at 80

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By Anita Gates
| The Telegraph (Macon) Verified
From left, Billy Gray, Jane Wyatt, Robert Young, Lauren Chapin and Elinor Donahue look at a newspaper on an episode of “Father Knows Best” on May 16, 1956. Chapin, an actress who played the youngest of the three wholesome, upbeat, all-American children on the popular 1950s sitcom but whose personal life was a traumatic contrast to her best-remembered role, died Feb. 24. She was 80.
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