Ann Blyth, film star of 1940s-50s famed for ‘Mildred Pierce’, dead at 98

Celebrity News Ann Blyth, film star of 1940s-50s famed for ‘Mildred Pierce’, dead at 98 By Reuters Published June 26, 2026, 1:21 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add Page Six on Google Ann Blyth, who earned an Oscar nomination playing Joan Crawford’s malicious and deceitful teenage daughter in the classic 1945 melodrama “Mildred Pierce” and thrived in light and heavy ​roles during Hollywood’s Golden Age, died on Wednesday at age of 98, according to media reports Blyth, who trained as ‌an 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. She made more than 30 movies during a film career lasting from 1944 to 1957.

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